Riccarda Antiochia received a MSc degree in Chemistry with honours in 1992 and a MSc degree in Pharmacy with honours in 2009, both at the Sapienza University of Rome. In 1994 she received the Diploma of Imperial College from Imperial College, London, and in 1996 a PhD in Chemical Sciences from Sapienza University of Rome, where she is actually Full Professor of Advanced Medical Technology and Methodology.

She is component of the Scientific Council of the National Research Council (CNR) and of the Italian Committee for Biosafety, Biotechnology and Sciences of Life of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.

She is Member of the Steering Committee of the Research Center for Biotechnology applied to Engineering of Sapienza University of Rome (CNIS), and of the Technical Committee of the Ministry of Environment and Energetic Security (MASE) for the environmental impact assessment of projects from Integrates National Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC) and National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR).

She is author of more than 110 papers in international peer-reviewed scientific journals, 3 book chapters and 1 monograph. 

Her scientific activity is focused on the fields of biotechnology, nanotechnology and analytical chemistry. Her main area of research is the design and development of electrochemical (bio)sensors for clinical applications. More recently, she has been involved in the characterization of new nanostructured materials for electrode modification for electro- chemical (bio)sensors, biofuel cells and microneedles-based biosensor development.