Minerva Prize is awarded annually by the Roma Sapienza Foundation, in agreement with Sapienza University of Rome, to PhD students and PhD graduates whose scientific activities significantly contribute to the advancement of research in their respective fields, for each macroarea. 
Dr. Tiziana Mancini, PhD in Physics (37th cycle) and research fellow at SapienzaTerahertz Laboratories, was awarded Minerva Prize for Scientific Research, V Edition (May 7, 2025), in Macroarea A - PhD student category. Dr. Mancini received the award for her interdisciplinary and highly technological research and results in the field of IR spectroscopy applied to the development of new, and highly sensitive sensor systems for the detection and automatic discrimination/recognition of chemical and viral contaminants.