Dr. Elena Paoletti received her Ph.D. in Agricultural Biology from the University of Firenze in 1991. She is the IuFRO Vice President and Research Director at the National Research Council of Italy and is responsible for the Florence Branch of the Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems. She is also a forest ecophysiologist with research and teaching experience on air pollution, climate change, and vegetation in many countries, e.g., China, Japan, the USA, and Switzerland. She is a member of the Board of the European Forest Institute (EFI) and a member of the Management Committee of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). She is an Editor-in-Chief of Science of the Total Environment and has many other editorial commitments. In 2010, she received the IUFRO Forest Health Award for Achievement in Forest Health Research, established by D7. In 2019, she received the prestigious IUFRO Scientific Achievement Award. The prize recognizes her work at the leading edge of forest science in understanding the effect of climate change factors on the forest environment. Her main scientific interest at present is on tropospheric ozone (O3) impacts on vegetation, including developing novel tools and approaches for such studies (e.g., free-air systems, epidemiological impacts, and protectants), as well as interactions between ozone and urban vegetation.