Prof. Paola Montoro graduated in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology in 1996 at the University Federico II of Naples with a grade of 110/110 cum laude. In 1998 she obtained a specialization in Pharmacology at the University Federico II of Naples. In 1998 she benefited from a scholarship at the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Toxicology of the University of Naples and then an annual scholarship from the Chamber of Commerce of the province of Salerno carried out at the Laboratories of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Salerno. In 2002 she obtained the title of Doctor of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Since November 2005 she has been a Researcher in Pharmaceutical Biology (BIO/15) at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Salerno. Since November 2009 she has been a confirmed Researcher in Pharmaceutical Biology (BIO/15) at the same University. Since October 2018 she has been an Associate Professor in Pharmaceutical Biology (BIO/15) at the same University. She works as a Referee for international periodicals in the field of Phytochemistry and Analytical Chemistry. Her areas of scientific interest include the development of analytical techniques for the characterization of complex mixtures, mass spectrometry of natural products, chromatography-mass spectrometry coupling techniques, metabolomics, plant metabolomics, food analysis, and phytochemical markers for crop improvement.