Dr. Sara Marchini is a chemical engineer and research group leader at TU Dresden, specializing in sustainable chemical process engineering. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Pisa and completed her doctorate at TU Dresden in 2024. Her research focuses on multiphase flows, mass transfer, reactor hydrodynamics, hydrogen storage, and green process technologies. Her doctoral research on gas dispersion in bubble columns received several prestigious awards in 2025, including the Dr. Wilhelmy VDI Prize. In 2026, she received TU Dresden's Award for Research- and Practice-Oriented Teaching. She also serves as Spotlight Talks Task Force Lead in the European Federation of Chemical Engineering's Early Career Chemical Engineers Section.