Sapienza University of Rome

Mary K. Carroll is the Dwane W. Crichton Professor of Chemistry at Union College (Schenectady, New York). She earned a B.S. in chemistry from Union College, a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Indiana University, Bloomington, and performed postdoctoral research at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She co-directs the Union College Aerogel Lab, and co-founded SunThru LLC to commercialize aerogel technology developed at Union. She has been a member of the American Chemical Society since 1986.

Maria Laura Bolognesi received her PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences under the direction of Professor Carlo Melchiorre in 1996 and carried out postdoctoral work at the University of Minnesota with Professor Philip S. Portoghese. Her research explores the development of small molecules in the neurodegenerative and neglected tropical disease therapeutic areas. Maria Laura was awarded the positions of Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid in 2009, Pesquisador Visitante Especial at the University of Brasilia in 2014 and Professeur Invité at Université Caen Normandie in 2018. She is an Associate Editor of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and is on the Editorial Advisory Board of ChemMedChem. She also serves in the Advisory Board of the European Federation of Medicinal Chemistry.

Liberato Manna received his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2001 from the University of Bari (Italy) and worked at UC Berkeley as a visiting Student and subsequently at the Lawrence Berkeley Lab as a postdoctoral fellow until 2003. He was then Scientist at the National Nanotechnology Lab in Lecce (Italy) and then moved to the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genova (Italy) in 2009 as senior scientist. He has been Associate Director of IIT for the Materials and Nanotechnology programs from 2016 to 2022, and then Associate Director of IIT for Blue Sky Research from 2024. His research interests include the synthesis of colloidal nanocrystals and their applications in energy, photonics, and electronics. He currently teaches courses (Theoretical Chemistry and Electronic Structure of Solids) at the University of Genova. Liberato is Associate Editor of Nano Letters since 2022.

Sonja Krane, Ph.D., is Senior Associate Publisher at the American Chemical Society. Following undergraduate and graduate studies in chemistry, as well as work experience as a medicinal chemist, Sonja joined the ACS Publications Division as Managing Editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. She currently manages a portfolio of thirteen journals and, in this role, she supports the strategic development of these titles and the implementation of editorial initiatives that enable the journals to excel in their fields. She has led efforts to launch new titles, including expansion of the ACS’s Environmental Science & Technology portfolio. Sonja contributed to the overhaul of the journal licensing options in support of ACS Publications’ Open Science program, and she led the successful development and launch of several Artificial Intelligence-Assisted tools across the journal portfolio.

Paolo Melchiorre is Professor of Chemistry @ UNIBO since October, 2022. He carried out research at international level working as a Senior Group leader at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ, Spain) for 13 years. He is Associate Editor of Chemical Science, the flagship journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). His main research goals are the design and discovery of transformative chemical processes promoted by light that convert abundant chemicals into added-value products while meeting the goal of protecting the environment.

Simona Ranallo is a researcher at the Department of Chemical Science and Technologiesat the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Her research interest focuses on the development of diagnostic and therapeutic tools using cell-free transcriptional networks. During her PhD she has been a visiting researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara (USA) and at the University of Montréal (Canada). After her PhD in Chemical Sciences earned in 2017 at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Simona Ranallo spent 2 years as a visiting post-doc researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Simona Ranallo has been awarded an Umberto Veronesi Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (2019), a Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) Individual Global Fellowship (2019), an ERC Starting Grant (2024) and a FIS2-Fondo Italiano per la Scienza (2024). Her trajectory has also been recognized by several awards, including “2019 Primo Levi Award, post-doc category” and “Premio Cristina Giovannoli 2023”.

Marta is responsible, as Sales Manager within ACS Publications, of the Southern Europe and Africa academic, government and STEM corporate markets. With extensive experience in the publishing industry, she is dedicated to fostering strong relationships with researchers and institutions. Her commitment to promoting research and open access drives her efforts to provide innovative solutions that support the scientific community. Marta is passionate about enhancing accessibility to high-quality research and remains a key advocate for collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Monica joined the ACSI sales team based in Oxford in July 2014. Alongside her Regional Sales Manager reponsibilities in the EMEA region, Monica represents the ACS internationally, fostering the relationship between the ACS and their end-users, authors, customers and stakeholders. She is strongly committed to bringing the ACS closer to the scientific community outside the USA and she fully engages at every opportunity in outreach events such as ACS on Campus.

Dr. Míriam Plana joined Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) in 2007. Her main focus at CAS is helping scientists solve their scientific information challenges and reach their goals through CAS Solutions. Míriam received her Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Barcelona, where she also completed her undergraduate studies. During her Ph.D. studies she moved to University of Oxford (UK), Technische Universität Berlin (Germany) and BAYER AG (Germany) to complete her research and learn new ways and techniques to do research. Before working at CAS, Míriam worked as a Technical Chemical Engineer, Head of X-Rays Diffraction and Researcher in R&D in different fields such as Cosmetic, Paper, Dyes and Enamels. She speaks English, German, Spanish, Catalan and some French.

Christina I. McCoy is the Portfolio Manager for Global Engagement at ACS. She oversees the global professional and student chapter program and works to internationalize our programs, products and services. She comes to ACS with more than a decade in international education and global relations. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.

Becky Monfort is the Program Manager for ACS on Campus, the American Chemical Society’s flagship outreach program. She oversees events and programs at institutions around the world, bringing leaders in chemistry, publishing, research, science communication, and career development to thousands of students and early career researchers. Prior to joining the ACS on Campus team, Becky managed the ACS international student chapter program, coordinated ACS outreach efforts to international students and faculty in the chemical sciences, and facilitated student programming at ACS and other scientific meetings. Becky joined ACS in July 2017 from Organic Letters, an ACS Publication, at the University of Pennsylvania, and she has worked in global program strategy and development. Becky holds a BA in French and Comparative Literature from Bryn Mawr College.