Starting from October 2020 Dr. Astolfi has the position of Researcher in Analytical Chemistry at Università di Roma “La Sapienza”. She has achieved the National Scientific qualification as full professor in the Italian higher education system, in the call 2021/2023 (Ministerial Decree n. 553/2021 and 589/2021) for the disciplinary field of 03/A1 - Analytical chemistry. She graduated in Chemistry in 2005 at La Sapienza. In 2009 she attained the Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry. Her researches are focused on the development of new analytical methods in the environmental, analytical, and bioanalytical field based on spectroscopic techniques. In particular, she develops innovative approaches for the elemental characterization of environmental and biological complex matrices such as food, air, water, urine, feces, hair, breast milk, serum, animal, and plant tissues. The results of her research (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9633-8484) are published on 75 papers on international scientific journals with impact factor. Her total citations are more than 1250, h-index 22 (Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=14007716500). Dr. Astolfi is a member of the Editorial Board of several international journals (Plos One, Open Chemistry, Methods and Protocols, Analytica, Frontiers in Analytical Science). She is currently Guest Editor of the following special topics: "Advances in analytical strategies to study cultural heritage samples" of Molecules; "Advances in Analytical Strategies to Study Biological and Environmental Samples" of "Methods and Protocols" and Exposure assessment to environmental contaminants in children", International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. In 2022, she achieved the National Scientific qualification as associate in the Italian higher education system, in the call 2021/2023 (Ministerial Decree n. 553/2021 and 589/2021) for the disciplinary field of 03/A1 - Analytical Chemistry.
