Antonella Polimeni is the Rectress of Sapienza since December 1, 2020.
At Sapienza, she has held numerous academic positions. The most recent are:
- Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry for the three-year academic period 2018-21
- Coordinator of the PhD in Skeletal and Orofacial Diseases since 2014
- Coordinator of the Specialisation School in Paediatric Dentistry since 2018
- Director of the two-year Interfaculty Advanced Professional Course in "Integrated Health and Safety Management in the Evolution of the World of Work".

She has directed the Complex Operating Unit of Paediatric Dentistry and Odontostomatology since 2003 and the Head-Neck Integrated Activity Department at Policlinico Umberto I General Hospital in Rome.