Michela Spagnuolo is a Research Director and the Director of IMATI-CNR. Her scientific activity deals with the study and development of geometric and topological methods for the representation, comparison and characterization of surfaces and volumes. She authored more than 160 peer-reviewed scientific papers, one book on mathematical methods for shape analysis, and edited several special issues and books on the topics of shape analysis and modelling. She is currently associate editor of international journals, and chaired several conferences, including Eurographics 2019 and IGS 2023. In 2014 she was elected Fellow of EUROGRAPHICS, and serves now as vice-president the same association.