Simelys Hernández had a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Politecnico di Torino (Polito), Italy. She is Associate Professor of Chemical Plants and responsible of the “CO2 reduction for a low-carbon economy team” at CREST group, DISAT - Polito. She is technical coordinator of the EU H2020 projects SunCOChem, CELBICON and RECODE focused on CO2 capture (from atmosphere or flue-gases) and its conversion to valuable chemicals, fuels and biopolymers. She is author of >80 papers in ISI journals, including book chapters. Her H-index is 27. She is among the TOP 2% scientists in the Applied Science – Engineering field and is a repute member of editorial and reviewer boards of top journals (e.g. Nature Catalysis).