Dr. Olimpia Mamula Steiner is a Full Professor at the Institute of Chemical Technology at the Haute École d'Ingénierie et d'Architecture de Fribourg HEIA-FR, part of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO). She holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from EPFL (félicitations du jury), earned through a Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship, and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Fribourg, where she received the Vigener Prize for the best doctoral thesis. After a postdoctoral fellowship with Prof. Constable at the University of Basel, she was appointed Maître Assistante at UNIL and EPFL, establishing her research group and program in the field of diastereoselective synthesis of lanthanide supramolecular systems, supported by competitive grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). After a period in industrial R&D as head of the lubrication materials section at The Swatch Group, she joined HEIA-FR in 2009. Since then, she has led numerous research projects funded by industry partners, Innosuisse, HES-SO, and SNSF. Her research focuses on the synthesis of organic and inorganic compounds, as well as functional (nano)materials for a wide range of applications, including smart labeling, inkjet printing inks, and antibacterial and anticancer agents. For more information, visit her ORCID profile. A selection of non-confidential projects is available there.