UNIPR1 – Analytical Smart Sensor Unit

Is Full Professor of Analytical Chemistry at University of Parma since 2001. Chair elected of the Executive Board of the Division of Analytical Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society (2007-2009). Director of the National School "Analytical and Bioanalytical Methods based on Mass Spectrometry", organized by the Division of Analytical Chemistry and the Division of Mass Spectrometry of the Italian Chemical Society (2005-2014). Director of the International Course METROFOOD-RI: Traceability and comparability of results in food measurements, organized by the School of Advances Studies on Food and Nutrition, University of Parma.  Member of the International Advisory Board of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (Springer).  Responsible for the University of Parma of Italian and European research projects, among which a EURAMET project on Metrology (Call 2021), H2020 METROFOOD-PP, NPRR METROFOOD-IT, NPRR ONFOODS. (H-index 45, 224 publications, 7710 citations, 2 patents, Scopus: 21.11.2022).

Is since 2020 an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma. After earning his Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences jointly from the University of Strasbourg and the University of Parma, he worked as an Endeavour Fellow at The University of Melbourne, Australia, as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow at the University of California San Diego, USA and as a Fondazione Umberto Veronesi Fellow at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. His research interests lie in biosensor design, DNA nanotechnology, bioanalytical chemistry and nanomedicine. In 2021, he received the Galileo Galilei Prize for Young Scholars and the Primo Levi Award Silver Medal from the Italian Chemical Society. He has published 25 papers in peer-reviewed journals with more than 1000 citations and is co-inventor of an international patent.

Has a PhD in Chemical Sciences in 2002, Chemistry degree at the University of Parma in 1999. She is Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Parma. She is Delegate of the Director for job placement and Deputy President of the Council of Courses in Chemistry. Since 2014 she is Director of the Postgraduate University Course Quality Control and Quality Management System in Testing Labs. The research activity covers a wide range of areas including analytical separations-based research, innovation in materials for sample treatment devices and mass-spectrometry instrumentation. Expertise in chemometrics, metrology and quality assurance involving method optimization and validation and data handling is widely exploited to support all research directions where measurements are involved. (H-index 32, 99 publications, 3131 citations, 2 patents, Scopus: 15.11.2022).

Graduated in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies at the University of Parma in 2016 with a thesis in analytical chemistry, he obtained the qualification to practice the profession of Pharmacist and Chemist in 2017. He worked in a toxicology laboratory until 2018 and from 2019 of CQ-Lab Supervisor in a pharmaceutical company, managing a complex quality control laboratory for raw materials and finished products. Since January 2023 he has been EP Technician of the Department of Chemical, Life and Environmental Sustainability Sciences of the University of Parma for the implementation of the PNRR METROFOOD-IT project with the role of coordinating the activities of analytical laboratories with chromatography and spectrometry instrumentation of mass for the development and validation of methods to support the design of smart multi-sensor platforms for food safety and quality.

Was born in Messina, Italy, in 1973. He received the degree in chemistry and the Ph.D. degree from Parma University, in 1996 and 2000, respectively. He is currently Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry at University of Parma, where he teaches analytical chemistry and ‘‘sensors and screening techniques’’ for the bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemistry. He is currently the coordinator of the Interdivisional Group "Sensors" of the Italian Chemical Society, having been elected for the three-year period 2022-2025. His current research interests include the design, realization, characterization, and validation of new chemical sensors and biosensors based on different transduction mechanisms with applications in clinical diagnosis and point-of care, food safety/quality control, and environmental monitoring. He has authored or coauthored 64 articles in these areas.

Received her PhD in Chemical Sciences in 2011. She is an Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability of the University of Parma. She is board member of the Interdepartmental Center for Safety, Technologies and Innovation in Agrifood (SITEIA.PARMA) of the University of Parma. Her research interests mainly focus on the development and validation of innovative analytical methods based on chromatography, mass spectrometry techniques, including ambient-MS, and biosensing devices. Research activities include also the use of environmental scanning electron microscopy applied to the characterization of materials and tissues, and to environmental, biological, and food samples for analytical purposes. She has 60 publications, 1387 citations and H-index 23 (Scopus, 18.11.2022).