Prof. Ivana Cacciatore received her master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology in 1999 from the University of Chieti-Pescara (Italy). In 2002 she obtained her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Science. Currently, she is Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Chieti-Pescara. She is co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of the Spin Off Company "Algo Biotechnologies" holding the role of Chief Innovation Officer (CIO). Her research interests are drug design and discovery, medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, etc. Her research is well documented in more than 90 papers published in peer-reviewed international scientific Journals.