Silvia Bordiga is Full Professor in Physical Chemistry at the University of Turin. From 2012 to 2020 she was Prof. II at the University of Oslo. She received many awards: 2017- French Chemical Society prize; 2019- Francois Gault Lectureship from EFCATS; 2018-2019- Chemistry European Fellow; 2019- Wilhelm Manchot Research Professorship at the Chemistry Department at the TUM University, Germany; 2021- Premio Antonio Feltrinelli from Accademia dei Lincei. From 2023 she is “Socio Corrispondente” in Lincei Academy. Her scientific activity is mainly devoted to the characterization of the physical–chemical properties of high surface area nanostructured materials used as heterogeneous catalysts, materials for adsorption, separation and storage, through in situ spectroscopic studies. “New Pathways for Methanol Synthesis and Use”