Professor Clivia M. Sotomayor Torres started her physics studies at the University of Chile, Faculty of Science in 1973. She obtained her BSc. (Hons.) Physics in 1979 (Southampton University, UK) and her Dr. Phil. in Physics in 1984 (Manchester University, UK). During 1983-1984 she was a research assistant at the University of St. Andrews (UK). This appointement was followed by: 1984-87 Lecturer in Physics, St. Andrews University (UK), 1986-1996 Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at the University Glasgow (UK). Clivia has received three prestigious awards from the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Nuffield Foundation, and an Amelia Earhart Fellowship from ZONTA International (USA) in 1993, 1990 and 1982, respectively. From August 1996 to February 2004 she was Professor of Materials Sciences in Electronics at the University of Wuppertal, Germany. In March 2004 she joined the then NMRC, now Tyndall National Institute, at University College Cork, Ireland, as a Research Professor, where she set up a new group on Photonic Nanostructures funded by the Science Foundation Ireland, the European Commission and the Volkswagen Foundation. She carries out research in the field of science and engineering of optical nanostructures, especially novel lithography methods for their realisation, such as nanoimprint lithography, as well as light propagation and emission in periodic and quasi-periodic media. More recently her research work has extended to confined phonons in silicon-on-insulator thin films and nano-addressing using inorganic nanotubes. She is author of over 270 scientific publications and has edited six technical books. In addition to PHOREMOST, she has participated in several EU projects since 1989 and currently coordinates PHAT, serves on the Management Board of the Integrated Project “Emerging Nanopatterning Methods” (NaPa) as lead partner on nanoimprint lithography. She contributes to the European Technology Platform on Nanoelectronics (ENIAC) as member of the Management Team of the Scientific Community Council. Clivia is married and has a wonderful daughter.