**Marta Marmiroli**

Marta Marmiroli was born on 8 May 1972.

1998: Master's degree in Physics at Parma University. Thesis title: Crystal field anisotropy in the intermetallic Rare-Earth compounds with aThMn12 structural type.

2002: Ph.D. in biotechnology, University of Parma, with a thesis about the applications of scanning electron microscopy, microanalysis, microfluorescence, and EXAFS to environmental biotechnology.

2005–2018: Senior Researcher at Parma University.

2018–now: Associate Professor of Plant Biotechnology at Parma University.

From 2009 till 2020: Senior Associated Editor of the *International Journal of Phytoremediation* (http://www.tandfonline.com/action. From 2020 till present: Editor-in-Chief of the *International Journal of Phytoremediation*, IF 2021 4.003

Since 2005, I have participated in several EU and NATO projects concerning phytoremediation, food security, and food safety. In 2010 I start working on nanomaterials in the environment and their effects on model organisms such as yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and plants, Arabidopsis thaliana. I then moved to studying nanomaterial effects in agriculture in collaboration with the CAES Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CT, USA) and its director, Jason White. I still work with synchrotron-based techniques (μ-XRF and XAS) to study nanomaterials' biotransformation in crop and model plants. I also study the effects of nanomaterials on yeast and on human cell lines.
