Roberta Pinalli received her scientific training at the University of Parma, graduating in Industrial Chemistry in 1998. After two years of experience as a process chemist in the pharmaceutical company Antibioticos SpA, she obtained her PhD in Chemistry from the same University in 2002. Her doctoral research focused on supramolecular chemistry and nanoscopic cage self-assembly. During her PhD, she spent a semester at the University of Twente, joining the research group of Prof. D. N. Reinhoudt. After a three-year experience as a senior researcher in the pharmaceutical company Bracco Imaging SpA, she returned to academia. She is currently Full Professor at the University of Parma. Her research interests focus on supramolecular chemistry and sensors, polymers, and covalent adaptable networks.