Camilla Parmeggiani has completed her PhD in Chemical Science at the University of Florence with Prof. A. Goti and she was recently awarded as Associate Professor at the Chemistry Department of the University of Florence. Since 2010 she has been an associate at the European Laboratory for Non Linear- Spectroscopy. In 2016 she was awarded with the “Organic Chemistry for Environment, energy and nanosciences” prize from the Organic Chemistry Division of the SCI and she was a finalist of the European Young Chemist Award. She authored 68 papers, 1 book and 3 patents (h-index 34), on smart materials, stereoselective synthesis of iminosugars and new green oxidation methods that have been cited over 4100 times. She is now focusing her research on light-responsive materials for microrobotics, photonics and biomedical applications.