Rita Asquini is Associate Professor of Electronic Engineering (SSD ING-INF/01, SC E/09) at Sapienza University of Rome. In 2017 she obtained the National Scientific Qualification for Full Professor in Electronic Engineering. She is currently Professor for the course of Applied Electronics for the Laurea Degree in Mechanical Engineering, for the course of Electronic Systems for Mechatronics for the Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering, for the course of Photonic Microsystems for the Master Degree in Electronic Engineering and the Master Degree in Nanotechnology Engineering (Faculty of Engineering) and for the course of Optoelectronic Sensors for the Master Degree in Atmospheric Science and Technology. Her main research interests include modeling, fabrication, and characterization of guided-wave as well as free-space optoelectronic devices with liquid crystals and polymers, made with ion-exchange glass waveguides, with liquid crystals planar structures, and silicon 2D structures. She is author and co-author of about 150 scientific publications, and co-inventor of an international patent. From 2019 (ongoing) she is an elected member in the Academic Senate (Governance) of Sapienza.