Prof. Ana Flavia Nogueira received her B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of São Paulo (1996), and her M.Sc. (1998) and Ph.D. (2001) in Chemistry from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). She carried out postdoctoral research at Imperial College London (2001–2002) and was a visiting researcher at Stanford University (2017–2018). Currently, she is a Full Professor at the Institute of Chemistry, UNICAMP, and Director of the Center for Innovation in New Energies (CINE, www.cine.org.br).Her research focuses on the development of functional (nano)materials for solar energy conversion. Prof. Nogueira has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, seven book chapters, one book, and three patents. She received the ACS Award for Leadership in Academia in 2020, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. She also serves as Associate Editor of Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Materials Advances, and Materials Today Chemistry.