Lucia Toniolo is currently a Full Professor of Material Science and Technology at Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy), the Polytechnic University of Milan. She focused her research activity on the field of Heritage Science, with particular attention to the following three main areas: (a) analysis, knowledge, and conservation of materials of excellent artifacts, in architecture, archaeology, art history, and XXth cent. design; (b) development and application of innovative non-invasive spectroscopic techniques for the assessment of surface conservation conditions (mainly polychromy), with particular regard to multispectral UV-VIS imaging, time-resolved photoluminescence imaging, micro-FTIR imaging and spectroscopy; development of innovative sensors for copper and bronze corrosion; (c) development and testing of innovative materials and nano-materials for the conservation of traditional masonries, mortars and stone surfaces. She has 125 publications with 3148 citations and an h-index of 33 (Scopus, 7 November 2023).