R. Dario Falcone is a Principal Researcher at CONICET and Full Professor at the National University of Rio Cuarto. He is the Director of the Institute for Agroindustrial and Health Development (IDAS-CONICET). He earned his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemistry from UNRC and completed postdoctoral studies at Imperial College London. His research focuses on ionic liquids for self-assembled systems. He has published 100 articles with around 2000 citations (H-index of 27) and supervised 16 Ph.D. students and 5 postdoctoral fellows. He has received prestigious awards, including the “Doctor Eduardo Gros 2019” and the “Ranwel Caputto” Young Investigator Award.