Dr Annarosa Gugliuzza is a research scientist at CNR of Italy. She has received a Degree with honors in Chemistry and subsequently a PhD in Chemical Science from the University of Calabria, Italy. She obtained a national qualification as a Full Professor of Chemical Basis of Technology Applications in 2018. She was a Visiting Researcher at the University of Ann Arbor (MI, USA) and then at the POLYMAT Institute in San Sebastián (SPAIN). She is the scientific responsible for the Great Relevance International Project Italy-China 2DMEMPUR (MAECI-NSFC 2018-2020) and Principal investigator of various research contracts signed with international private companies. She served as a chair and co-chair within international conferences and continues to serve as editor/editorial boards member of some international peer review journals of repute. She is a member of the steering committee of the PhD School in Physical, Chemical and Materials Sciences and Technologies (STFCM) at the University of Calabria and is a member of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI). She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals (e.g., Science, NPJCLEANWATE-Nature’s group, Water Research, ACS Appl Mater Interf, JMS, etc.). Also, she was a member of the panel of expert evaluators for ERC Starting Grant 2016/2017 projects launched by the European Union and for Water Technologies 2013 research proposals submitted for EWI Open Call 13/01. She is editor of four books and co-author of more than 100 peer review publications and one patent. Her research skills join nanomaterials, nano-assembly practices and sustainable membrane technologies with the intent to provide cutting edge and green solutions to the needs and context in the following domains: water desalination, wastewater treatment, agrofoods, sensing/actuators, textiles, packaging and gas separation.