Isabella Nova, born in 1970, is full Professor in Chemical Reaction Engineering at the Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano. She got a Master Degree in Chemical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (1996) and a P.h.D. in Industrial Chemistry from University of Milano (1999). She is currently recognized an internationally leader in catalysis, covering kinetic analysis, catalyst modelling and mechanistic studies, reaction engineering, experimental work, controls development and application, specifically in the automotive catalysis area, including Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx by NH3 for both stationary and mobile applications, Ammonia Slip Catalysts for the control of ammonia, Passive NOx Adsorber catalysts for cold start applications, and new processes for the production of clean energy, such as photocatalytic water splitting. Since 2002 she has been leading industrial projects with Daimler AG (DE), MTU (DE), FPT (I), Johnson Matthey (UK), Corning (USA), Haldor Topsoe (DK), Cummins (USA), and participating to several EU-FP7 and EU-H2020 projects. She is co-author of more than 170 papers, inventor of 3 international patents, co-editor of 6 volumes of Catalysis Today (Elsevier) special issues and of 1 Springer book, co-author of more 300 communications to conferences. She gave more than 20 invited talks, and more than 10 keynote or plenary lectures. She is a member of the Editorial Board of “Applied Catalysis B: Environmental” (Elsevier), she is included in the Top Italian Women Scientists (www.100esperte.it), in the Top Italian Scientists (www.topitalianscientists.org) and in the Inspiring Fifty 2018 Italy (https://italy.inspiringfifty.org/). She has been Member of Scientific Committees of several international conferences. Professor Nova has held important institutional positions at Politecnico di Milano. In 2018-2022 she was Coordinator of the Degree Program Board of Chemical Engineering (Bachelor and Master) and of Engineering for Prevention and Safety for Process Industry (Master) at Politecnico di Milano; in 2019-2022 she was Deputy Dean of the School of Industrial and Information Engineering; since 2023 she is the Executive Vice Rector at Politecnico di Milano, with a specific focus on the Strategic Plan.