Current Analytical Chemistry

Prof. Weihong Tan earned his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at the University of Michigan in 1992 after he earned his M. Sc. in Physical Chemistry from Chinese Academy of Sciences and B.Sc. in Chemistry from Hunan Normal University. In addition to his current position as the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biology at Hunan University, he is also a University Distinguished Professor and a V.T. and Louis Jackson Professor at the University of Florida. Prof. Tan’s research is in general area of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Chemical Biology and Molecular Medicine.

Prof. Dr. Adil Denizli was born on 1962 in Ankara. He got his PhD “Specific Sorbents for Hemoperfusion” in 1992. He became an Associate Professor of Chemical Technologies in 1994. He is the Hacettepe University Department of Chemistry Professor since 2000. Dr. Denizli has written over 500 articles and 5-invited review articles and 25 book chapters. He published 42 research articles in national journals and 100 popular science articles. He has 2 patents. He is one of the most cited scientists in chemistry and engineering field (17000 citations, over 1500 citations in handbooks, encyclopedias, books and thesis, h-index of 67).

Dr Serge Cosnier is currently Research Director at CNRS and director of the Department of Molecular Chemistry at the Grenoble Alpes University (France). He received his doctoral degree in Chemistry from the Paul Sabatier University of Toulouse, France (1982). From 2001 to 2014, he was the President of the French Group of Bioelectrochemistry and was President of the Rhône-Alpes section of the Chemical Society of France (2007-2013). Dr. Cosnier has authored over 315 scientific publications, 2 books and 15 patents. He received the Katsumi Niki Prize for Bioelectrochemistry from the International Society of Electrochemistry (2009) and is member of Academia Europaea.

Dr. Klampfl obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Chemistry from the University of Innsbruck (Austria). Currently he is working as an Associate Professor at the Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz (Austria). His current research mainly focuses on chromatographic techniques hyphenated with mass spectrometry, ambient mass spectrometry techniques and capillary electrophoresis. He has published more than 100 scientific papers and six book-chapters.

Dr. Hong-zhen Lian obtained his BSc and PhD degrees in Chemistry both from Nanjing University, China, and worked at Health Canada, Ottawa as postdoctoral fellow. Currently Dr. Lian is a professor in School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, and the vice-director of Center of Materials Analysis, Nanjing University. His research interests concern the chromatographic separation & analysis, biomedical mass spectrometry, and pretreatment of complex samples. He has published more than 200 scientific publications and is a named inventor of 7 issued Chinese patents. Dr. Lian is currently the Associate Editor of this journal (Current Analytical Chemistry, CAC), published by Bentham Science Publishers.

Lin Tang is a professor in College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, China. She received her Ph.D. degree from Hunan University in 2009, and then worked as a visiting scientist in Columbia University, USA for a year. Her research interests are nanosensor synthesis, fluorescence recognition and bioimaging of pollutants, as well as water pollution control. She has published more than 80 scientific publications in international journals and is a named inventor of 40 issued China patents.

Prof. Mauro Tomassetti, Master Degree in Chemistry (1969) and in Pharmacy (1977). Full Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza' since 2003; already Associate Professor since 1985 to the same University. He was member of teaching staff of PhD in Engineering and Process. His research interests are in the development of electrochemical sensors, biosensors and immunosensors working both in aqueous and organic solvents and in their application to environmental, biopharmaceutical and food analysis. He has also interest in thermal analytical studies (TG, DTA, DSC) for the purity control or the characterisation of several materials (drugs, foodstuffs, polymers, etc.) and in the study and characterisation of archaeological finds and cultural heritages, investigated by means of several instrumental techniques of chemical analysis. Is member of the Editorial Board of Current Analytical Chemistry and Current Pharmaceutical Analysis. Member of “Centro di ricerche applicate alla Protezione dell’Ambiente e dei Beni Culturali (CIABC) “ Member of “Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (ISMN)” of CNR Author of about 506 papers, 243 of which original research paper in international Journals, and about 460 communications to congress, overall in the above recorded fields of research.

Federica Bianchi received her Chemistry Degree in 1999 and her Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences from the University of Parma (Field: Analytical Chemistry) in 2002. She currently works in the Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability of Parma University. She has published about 100 scientific papers in international journals. The research activity concerns the development and validation of innovative methods based on hyphenated techniques, the development of new extraction methods and the application of multivariate statistical analysis in food and environmental areas. The applicative aspects of the work mainly concern the use of instrumental methods in food, forensic and environmental analysis. Recent scientific interest is devoted to the development of new materials for the analysis of compounds of environmental food, biological and forensic concern with the aim of proposing an improvement of the analytical performances with particular attention towards selectivity of the utilized devices and sampling techniques.

Djenaine De Souza received her Ph.D. degree in Analytical Chemistry from São Paulo University in 2004. Since 2011, she has been a teacher and a researcher at Chemistry Institute of the Uberlândia Federal University, where she also coordinates in the Laboratory of Electroanalytical Applied to Biotechnology and Food Engineering (LEABE). She develops projects concerning the development of the analytical procedures for food additives and contaminants determination in natural water, development of the voltammetric sensors to environmental pollutants monitoring, electroanalysis applications for electrochemical studies about chemical reactions of pesticides in complex systems, electroanalytical pulse techniques, amalgam electrodes, metal microelectrodes, and boron-doped diamond electrodes.

Chiyang He received his bachelor and Ph.D. degree from Peking University (China) in 1990 and 2006 successively. After that, he carried out the postdoctoral studies at Vrije Universiteit Brussel- VUB (Belgium) and University of Oklahoma (USA) during 2008-2011. He is currently a distinguished professor of Hubei Province at Wuhan Textile University (China). His research interests include sample pretreatment, synthesis of separation materials and their application in pollutants removal and determination. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed research papers in international journals.

Dr. Marcello Locatelli received his Ph.D. from the University of Bologna, Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician.” Currently, he is a Confirmed Researcher in Analytical Chemistry at the University "G. d'Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Pharmacy. His research activity is devoted to the development and validation of chromatographic methods for the qualitative and quantitative determination of biologically active molecules in complex matrices from humans and animals (whole blood, serum, plasma, bile, tissues, feces, and urine), cosmetics, foods, and environmental. He has published more than 141 manuscripts, 116 congress communications, 1 patent subject to approval, 9 book chapters and 2 books. Besides, he is a reviewer of the international journals including Analytica Chimica Acta, Current Bioactive Compounds, Journal of Chromatography A, etc. He is also an Editorial Board member of the journals: Molecules, Analytical Chemistry, Current Analytical Chemistry, Separations, Current Bioactive Compounds, American Journal of Modern Chromatography, etc.

Mehdi Maham received his Ph.D. in 2011 from Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran. Since 2011, he has been a teacher and a researcher at the Department of Chemistry, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran. His current research interests focus on sample pretreatment, green chemistry, and catalysis. He is also interested in the analysis of mycotoxins in foods and feeds and nanomaterials synthesis. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed research papers in international journals.

Dr. Ashok K. Sundramoorthy is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree in Engineering from the National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT), Taiwan, in 2009. He was a Postdoc Research Associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA from 2013 to 2016. Also, he was a Postdoc at the School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore from May 2010 to August 2013 and in the Department of Materials and Minerals Resources Engineering, NTUT, Taiwan from February 2009 to April 2010. So far, he has published more than 75 research/review articles in international peer-reviewed journals and 3 US patents. He has served as an Editor and a Co-editor for two books. His research interests span around Chemical and Biosensors, Electroanalytical Science, Modified Electrodes, Supercapacitors, flexible electrodes, materials chemistry, electroanalysis, biomaterials, etc. He enjoys teaching analytical science for B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. scholars.

Assoc. Prof., Dr. Hoang Vinh Tran is a lecturer/researcher at School of Chemical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), Vietnam. He obtained his PhD. from University Diderot – Paris 7, France in 2013. His research interests include nanomaterials, nanocomposites, hybrid materials and chemosensors and biosensors for environmental screening and clinical diagnosis. He has published around 40 papers in different international journals or presented at conferences.

Sergey Vyazovkin is a professor of chemistry at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He received his Ph.D. from Belorussian State University (1989), where he worked until1993. He had visiting positions, since 1993 at the Technical University of Vienna, the University of Toledo, and the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis. Before joining UAB, he worked in the University of Utah as a research faculty and the deputy director of the Center for Thermal Analysis. His research is concerned with thermal analysis of materials. He has authored a book, 5 book chapters, and some 200 papers cited over 16,000 times.

Amir Waseem received his Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of Balochistan Quetta, Pakistan. He is currently a distinguished professor at Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan. Prof. Waseem’s research interests include the Chemiluminescence coupled with Flow Injection Analysis for the detection of ultra-trace level elements in water and wastewater applications, pharmaceuticals in diverse matrices, pesticide and mycotoxin residue analysis in food and environmental samples and their removal and mitigation techniques. Also, he is interested in nanomaterial synthesis and photocatalysis applications for water and wastewater applications including decontamination, etc.

Jerry Wu received his bachelor degree in 1989 from the Department of Environmental Engineering in National Cheng Kung University and master degree in 1991 from the Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering in National Taiwan University, Taiwan. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1998 from the Graduate School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, USA. He is currently a distinguished professor at Feng Chia University in Taiwan. Prof. Wu’s research interests include ozonation and advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment, functional materials for sensor, energy, medical, biochemical, and environmental applications, analytical techniques for molecule substances and micro pollutants. In addition, he is also interested in the nanomaterials synthesis and photocatalysis applications, including decontamination, electrochemistry, and hydrogen production from water splitting.

Dr. Ibrahim YILMAZ is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Kamil Ozdag Science Faculty, Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, Karaman, Turkey. He received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry (2002) from Firat University, Turkey. He spent one year at the University of Minnesota, USA, as a visiting professor in the research group of Prof. Philippe Buhlman. His main research interests are Fluorescent Sensors, Ion Selective Electrodes, Organic and Inorganic Synthesis, DFT calculations. He has also published more than 80 articles in various scientific journals.

Jingdong Zhang is currently a professor at School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. He received his Ph.D. degree from Hunan University (China) in 2000, and then carried out postdoctoral studies at Chonbuk National University (South Korea), Kwansei Gakuin University (Japan), Kyoto University (Japan) and Jackson State University (USA) during 2001-2006. His research spans analytical chemistry and environmental chemistry. He is interested in electroanalytical chemistry, environmental electrochemistry, pollutant determination and removal, and photoelectrochemical sensors. He has published 120 research papers in international journals and 4 book chapters.

Professor Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein is a Professor Emeritus at the Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry Department , National Research Center in Cairo ,Egypt and the Chemistry Department. Professor Aboul-Enein is the author and co-author of over 1000 refereed published articles , 90 book chapters and more than 400 conference presentations. He is also authored and edited 8 books in the field of analytical chemistry. He is an Editorial Board member of 22 journals including Current Analytical Chemistry (Bentham Science Publishers) since 2005.

Dr. Inamuddin is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has extensive research experience in multidisciplinary fields of Analytical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Electrochemistry. He has published 127 research articles in international journals of repute and 18 book chapters in knowledge-based book editions. He has published thirty-seven edited books for leading international publishers. He is serving as an Associate Editor for journals such as Environmental Chemistry Letter, Applied Water Science, Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports-Nature and editor for Eurasian Journal of Analytical Chemistry.

Prof. Dr. Iskender AKKURT (1971) obtained his undergraduate degree in 1991 from Selcuk University,Konya-Turkey and he was awarded his PhD degree in 1998 from the University of Glasgow (Scotland-UK). He is currently Professor at the Physics Department of Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta-Turkey. His main research interests are in the field of Nuclear material science, environmental and instrumental analysis, Nuclear techniques. He is author of more 300 scientific publications including book chapters and patents. He is also acting as Editor in Chief for several journals and in member of Editorial board for more than 10 journals. He is also Editor for a series of book.

Alessandro Alimonti, research director and head of dept. of Environment and Health at Italian National Institute for Health. His research interests are mainly focused on the role of chemical elements in particular, and xenobiotics in general, in the human health and environment, encompassing the evaluation of markers of exposure, effect and susceptibility, the development of validated analytical methodologies, the implementation of human biomonitoring campaigns, and the assessment of reference values for elements in biological matrices for use in life sciences. He is author of more 200 scientific contributions.

Professor Agostinho Almeida (Arouca, 1962) obtained his undergraduate degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (1986) and his PhD degree in Analytical Chemistry (2000) from the University of Porto, Portugal. He is Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Porto in the areas of Analytical/Bioanalytical Chemistry and Instrumental Methods of Analysis.His main research interests are trace elements in health and disease, including the development of analytical methods for environmental, food, clinical/forensic and pharmaceutical applications. He is author of more 50 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journalsand member of the Editorial Boardof Journal of Food Composition and Analysis (since 2015).

Fethi Bedioui received his Chemistry diploma in 1981 from “Chimie ParisTech”, Paris (France). He was awarded his PhD in Physical Chemistry in 1986 from “Université Pierre et Marie Curie”, Paris (France). He is currently a senior researcher in the CNRS, and his current research interests are related to analytical chemistry and revolve in particular around the development and the implementation of advanced molecular materials for electrocatalysis, electroanalysis and electrochemical sensing devices for biologically relevant molecules (thiols, nitric oxide, peroxynitrite etc.). His work is reflected in over 250 publications including books and book chapters.

Dr. Berezin graduated with the degree in Chemistry from Institute of Oil and Gas and Institute of Organic Chemistry (Moscow, Russia). Prior to his career in academia, he was a research scientist for Monsanto/Pharmacia/Pfizer. Following an appointment as a faculty member at Washington University School of Medicine, he established novel directions in the development of contrast agents focusing on the near-infrared and shortwave infrared probes for in vivo studies. He also initiated an application of hyperspectral imaging for medical diagnostics. His work is documented in more than 60 peer-review papers, several book chapters, an edited book, and patents in this field.

Francesca Buiarelli took her Ph.D. in Chemical Science in 1992 and, after working experiences, became researcher in Analytical Chemistry at the Chemistry Department of “Sapienza” Rome University (1999). She has been teaching Separative Chemistry since 2002 and published 54 papers. Her research activity involves these topics: 1)Characterization of polluting agents in airborne particulate matter, water, soil 2)Excretion study and metabolism of doping agents in sports/veterinary fields 3)Separation and characterization of natural organic compounds and contaminants in food.

Dr Camiña is Professor of Chemometrics and Adjunct Researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Researches in Argentina. He completed his PhD in Chemistry and Master in Analytical Chemistry at the National University of San Luis, Argentina. He has published 36 scientific works and two chapters of books. He is director of four research programs in chemometrics and food analysis in Argentina, as well as director of doctoral theses and fellows. In 2013 he has been awarded in 2013 with the XIII Edition of Agricultural Excellence Prize (Argentina).

Luigi Campanella got his Ph.D. degree at Sapienza University on 1967.He became full professor of Analytical Chemistry and of Environmental and Cultural Heritage Chemistry at Sapienza University where he also assumed the position of Dean of Science Faculty.He received national and international prizes.He was President of Italian Chemical Society in the period 2008-2011.He is author of seven textbooks and about 500 papers in the fields of Environmental Chemistry,of Sciences Applied to Protection of Cultural Heritage,of Electrochemistry,of Analytical chemistry.

Full Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Parma since 2001, she is Head of the Chemistry Department of Parma University since 2012. She is also Director of the National School of “Analytical and Bioanalytical Methodologies Based on Mass Spectrometry” of the Italian Chemical Society. President of the Division of Analytical Chemistry (Italian Chemical Society) from 2007 to 2009. Member of the International Advisory Boards of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry and Current Analytical Chemistry.

Professor Huan-Tsung Chang obtained his Ph. D. degree in Chemistry (Analytical Chemistry) from Iowa State University, USA in 1994 and became an associate professor and a professor in the Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taiwan in 1996 and 2001, respectively. He is also an Adjunct Chair Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan. His research focuses on Nanotechnology, Green Chemistry, Sensors, and Separation. Professor Chang is the author and coauthor of more than 300 scientific papers. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2013. He was also bestowed the ‘Academic Achievement Award 2015’ by the Chinese Chemical Society.

Dr. Zhihong Cheng obtained his Ph.D. from China Pharmaceutical University in 2003. He successively worked as a postdoc fellow in Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and University of Maryland at College Park. Dr. Cheng joined the faculty of School of Pharmacy, Fudan University as an Associate Professor of Pharmacognosy in 2009. He has co-authored over 70 peer-reviewed papers, hold 5 China patents, and co-written 4 books. He is also an editorial board member of Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics, and Current Analytical Chemistry.

Dr. Danilo Corradini holds a doctorate in Chemistry from the University Sapienza of Rome (Italy). Currently, he serves on the International Scientific Strategy Board of the Austrian Drug Screening Institute of Innsbruck, on the International Board of the “Mediterranean Separation Science Foundation Research and Training Center” of Messina (Italy) and is a member and the Past-President of the Stirring Committee of the Interdivisional Group for Separation Science of the Italian Chemical Society. Previously, he has been a member of the General Advisory Board of the Italian Research National Council. For his contribution to separation science, he has been honored with the Csaba Horváth Memorial Award in 2009, with the Central European Group for Separation Science Award in 2011 and with the Arnaldo Liberti Medal in 2014. His research activity covers the investigation of the separation mechanisms of biomolecules in capillary electrophoresis and high performance liquid chromatography and the application of these techniques to life sciences.

Professor Cecilia Cristea obtained her undergraduate degree in Chemistry in 1997 from Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania and in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2009 from University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She was awarded his PhD degree in 2003 from the University of Rennes 1, France and Babes Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She is Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca in the areas of Analytical Chemistry and Instrumental Analysis. Her main research interests are in the field of biomedical, pharmaceutical, environmental and food analysis, biosensors, bioelectrochemistry. She is author of more 100 scientific publications including book chapters and patents.

Dr. Ding obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Analytical Chemistry from University of Nanjing, China. Currently Dr. Ding is a Full Professor in Southeast University, China. He has published more than 70 scientific publications. Dr. Ding is currently one of the Editorial Board this journal (Current Analytical Chemistry, CAC), published by Bentham Science Publishers.

Chiara Fanali is associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the Departmental Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome (Italy). Her research interests mainly concern the application of modern and innovative chromatographic analytical techniques to the analysis of food bioactive compounds and peptides, proteins in biological fluids. Chiara Fanali is co-author of 62 publications in International Journals (ISI indexed), 5 book chapters, 20 proceedings in journals and over 30 contributions in national and international symposia. On April 2017, in Scopus database there are 66 documents with 1116 citations and H-index of 21.

Dr. Salvatore Fanali is Associate Senior Researcher at Institute of Chemical Methodologies (C.N.R.)-Monterotondo Italy. In 1974 he received the degree of Dr. in Chemistry at Rome University “La Sapienza” and the PhD in Analytical Chemistry at Comenius University – Bratislava, Slovakia. His research is focused on development of miniaturized techniques, e.g., nano-LC, CZE, CEC/MS. Studies on enantiomers separations, new stationary phases are carried out. Methods are applied to pharmaceutical, agrochemical, food, environmental, forensic analysis. He is author of 300 publications in Journal (SCI), chapters in books. He is Editor of Journal of Chromatography A (Elsevier), member of the advisory editorial board of 6 Journals.

Frantisek Foret is a deputy director and head of the Department of Bioanalytical Instrumentation at the Institute of Analytical Chemistry. Since 2011 he is also the group leader at CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology. His main research interests include capillary separation techniques, laser induced fluorescence detection, miniaturization and mass spectrometry coupling. He has authored and co-authored over 150 publications including a monograph on Capillary Electrophoresis, 13 book chapters, and 17 patents. He is also an Associate Director of CASSS – an International Separation Science Society and member of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic.

Dr. Freitag obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Chemistry from the University of Hannover, Germany. After her PostDoc in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Yale, CT, she returned to Hannover to start her own research group in downstream processing and biotechnical analytics. She then moved to Switzerland (EPFL, Lausanne) first as Assistant later as Associate Professor in Biotechnology. Since 2003 she holds the chair for Process Biotechnology in the faculty of Engineering Science at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. During her career, Dr. Freitag has published over 150 scientific publications and edited three books. Dr. Freitag has been on the Editorial Board of Current Analytical Chemistry since the beginning of the journal.

Professor Fuh received a Ph. D in Analytical Chemistry from University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. He worked in 3M, USA and Dow Chemical, USA prior to his academic career. Currently, he is a professor in Department of Chemistry, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan. His research interests include development of polymeric monolithic column for small molecule analysis, LC-MS method for bioanalysis and food safety and new extraction technique.

Dr. Gal graduated from University Nice Sophia Antipolis, France, where he is currently Professor emeritus. His research interests include Lewis basicity scales, gas-phase acidity/basicity and metal cation affinities, ion/molecule reactions in the gas phase, and fundamental and applied mass spectrometry. Dr. Gal is involved in IUPAC actions concerning the terminology used in Physical Organic Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry. He published more than 200 scientific papers and coauthored a book and two chapters on Lewis basicity scales. Dr. Gal is Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Tartu, Estonia. He is member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Current Analytical Chemistry since 2004.

Alessandra Gentili is an Associate professor of Analytical Chemistry at Sapienza University of Rome, where she received her Master’s degree in Industrial Chemistry and her PhD degree in Chemical Sciences. Her scientific activity essentially concerns the development of novel LC/MS-based methodologies for solving problems in different areas of Chemistry, Clinical, Food and Environmental Chemistry. Special interest has been focused on the evaluation of last generation materials for sample preparation and on the profiling of organic micronutrients in foods and biological fluids. The results of her work have been published over 76 publications, including 68 peer-reviewed journal articles and books.

Dr. Megat Ahmad Kamal Megat Hanafiah is an associate professor of chemistry at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. He received his first degree in Chemistry from RMIT University, Australia and his M.Sc in Environment from Universiti Putra Malaysia. He completed his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Universiti Sains Malaysia. His scientific record comprises more than 50 journal articles, 3149 citations (Scopus), h-index = 18, and a member of editorial board of Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering. Two of his review articles published in Bioresource Technology and Carbohydrate Polymers are listed 'Top 1% Highly Cited Articles in Chemistry' by Clarivate Analytics.

Dr. Zhengjin Jiang is a full professor of pharmaceutical analysis at Jinan University, China. His research has been focused on separation science and their applications in pharmaceutical analysis. So far, he has published over 110 scientific publications on international peer-reviewed journals and given more than 30 oral presentations at international/domestic conferences. He also served as chair of PBA2016 in 2016, permanent board member of steering committee of PBA and international scientific committee member of ISC2018, PBA2018 etc.. Current, he serves as editorial board member of Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis etc.

Suvardhan Kanchi received his Ph.D. (2004-2010) in Chemistry from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. Currently, he is working as a Senior Researcher at the Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology (South Africa). His research interests include Smart Materials for Device Applications, Smartphone based Sensing Systems, Nanodiagnostics, Computational Chemistry, NanoElectrochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, and Green-Nanotechnology. He has published more than 40 journals in well-reputed journals.

Václav Kašička received degree RNDr. in physical chemistry at Charles University in Prague in 1979, and PhD. degree in biochemistry at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, in 1985. At this Institute, he is head of the department Electromigration Methods, www.uochb.cz/kasicka. He is engaged in research and development of electromigration methods and their application to analysis and characterization of (bio)molecules. He published about 160 scientific papers. He is editor of the Journal of Separation Science, chairman of the Chromatography and Electrophoresis Group of the Czech Chemical Society, and secretary of the Steering Committee of the European Society for Separation Science.

Dr. Brajesh Kumar is currently working as an Assistant Professor and Head in the Post Graduate Department of Chemistry, TATA College, Chaibasa, India. He received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Delhi, India. His research interest is in the development of sustainable and eco-friendly techniques for: (a) nanoparticles synthesis and their applications for environmental remediation,(b) active films of organic solar cells, (c) nanomedicine, (d) sensors, (e) natural product extraction, purification and analysis,(f) natural polymers, (g) peptide chemistry, (h) microwave and ultrasound assisted organic synthesis, and (i) organic synthesis. Dr. Brajesh Kumar has been credited for different national and international fellowships and he has also worked as a faculty member in various universities of India, Ecuador, and South Korea. He has also published numerous SCI/ SCIE/ Scopus research articles (h index = 20, Citations 1194) and also an active reviewer of more than 50 Journals.

Dr. P. Senthil Kumar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, India. He has 10 years of teaching experience, 9 years of research experience and 1 year of industrial experience. He is a recognized Research Supervisor for guiding Ph.D. and M.S. candidates in Anna University, Chennai, India. Under his guidance, 3 candidates have completed their Ph.D. and currently 10 Ph.D. scholars are doing their active research in the area of Waste Water Treatment and Alternative Fuels. He has published more than 115 research papers in highly reputed International Journals and 70 research papers in National/International Conferences overall.

Duo Lin obtained his PhD from Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, China. He then started a postdoctoral position in Imaging Unit – Integrative Oncology, BC Cancer Agency and the University of British Columbia, Canada. He has authored 46 peer-review publications. He currently serves as an Associate Editor in IET nanobiotechnology journal and as a reviewer for Advanced Science, Small et.al. His main interests focus on the development of spontaneous Raman spectroscopy and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy-based optical biosensor for biomedical and nano-medical applications.

Dr. Locatelli is assistant professor at University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara Department of Pharmacy from 2008 where he teaches “Analytical Chemistry and Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry”, and “Clinical Analytical Chemistry”. He has 17 years of experience in the development and validation of innovative analytical protocols for quantification of drugs, metabolites, natural compounds. He holds master's degree in Chemistry in 2003 and a Ph.D. in Chemistry Sciences in 2007. Dr. Locatelli has authored more than 131 manuscripts, more than 110 congress communications, 1 patent subject to approval, guest editor for 11 special issues for international peer-reviewed Journals, co-editor of 3 book.

Dr. G.Madhavi is currently an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry. She obtained her Ph.D. at Sri Venkateswara University in 1994. Her research interests include the design and synthesis of nanomaterials for energy applications, electrochemical sensors and fuel cells. She also developed new analytical procedures for the detection and trace determination of food safety and rapid detection in environmental and biological samples.

Mahesh S. Majik was born in Goa, India in 1981 and received his M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry in 2003 from Goa University, India. He then worked as a Junior Research Fellow in CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa till 2005. He was awarded a Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry (worked in area of domino reactions for natural product synthesis and organocatalyses) under guidance of Prof. Santosh G. Tilve in 2010. Immediately afterward, he started his Post-doctoral research in the area of ‘the synthesis of modified nucleoside for drug discovery’ with research group of Prof. Lak Shin Jeong at Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea (2010-2012). Then he joined CSIR-NIO, Goa as Scientist fellow (QHS) and worked in field of medicinal chemistry of marine natural products (2012-2014). He worked as Assistant Professor at Goa University, Goa-India since September 2014 till Aug 2019. Presently, he is working as Assistant Professor at Dnyanprassarak Mandal's College and Research Centre, Mapusa Goa. His current research interest includes synthesis of novel bioactive compounds, medicinal chemistry of marine natural products and structural determinations.

Dr. Mesko is Associated Professor at Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel)/Brazil. Currently, she is the Director of Analytical Chemistry Division of Brazilian Chemical Society. She has received several national and international awards, including the "L’Oréal Brazil – For Woman in Science" from L’Oréal, Brazilian Academy of Science and UNESCO, and the “Periodic Table of Younger Chemists” to represent the element “Bromine” for celebrating 100 years of IUPAC and the International Year of Periodic Table. She has published more than 90 peer reviewed international papers and 16 book chapters. She has experience in the development of methods, especially for halogens determination, using atomic spectrometry and chromatography techniques.

Demetrio Milea is Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the CHIBIOFARAM Department of the University of Messina, Italy. His research is mainly focused (but not limited) to the determination of formation thermodynamic parameters in multicomponent aqueous solutions, as well as the evaluation and modeling of the speciation of ligands and cations of biological, technological, and environmental interest in different conditions. Main topics are: Speciation analysis; Chemical thermodynamics; Coordination chemistry; Metal and ligand interactions; Determination of thermodynamic parameters and dependence on system conditions; Sequestration/remediation; Computer programs; Chemical modeling. His research is performed mainly by electrochemical, spectroscopic, calorimetric and thermal analysis techniques.

Dr Pellati got her PhD degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences. In 2006 she got a position of Assistant Professor in Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. In 2014, she got the Italian Professorship Qualification as an Associate Professor in Medicinal Chemistry.Her research activity is focused on the development of innovative techniques for the extraction and analysis of bioactive natural products, and on the isolation of new bioactive compounds of natural origin. She has a number of national and international research collaborations and peer-reviewed research projects. She is the author of more than 70 papers in ISI indexed international journals,3 book chapters,4 proceedings in international journals, 2 patents and more than 90 congress communications (oral and poster)

Mohammad Rabiee, PhD, is an associated professor of Biomedical Engineering Department of Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. His current research interests include smart drug delivery systems, tissue engineering and biological sensors. He has published over 100 ISI papers and also over 70 International Conference papers, in addition, he has been teaching and research for 26 years at Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

Dr. Muhammad Rafique received his Ph.D. from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore and is an Assistant Professor at the University of Sahiwal, Sahiwal, Pakistan. Currently, he is working on material synthesis and processing for biomedical applications, catalysis, and energy devices. He is a renowned researcher in his research field and has impactful publications in well reputed ISI international journals. He also has supervised a number of undergraduate and graduate students and is working on multiple projects.

Dr. Mashallah Rezakazemi received his B.Sc. and M. Sc. degrees in 2009 and 2011 respectively from the Iran University of Science and Technology. He has also been awarded a degree of PhD from the University of Tehran in 2015. Dr. Rezakazmi served as a professor of the faculty of Chemical and Material Engineering at the Shahrood University of Technology. His research interest is in the general area of the water-energy nexus, CO2 capture, gas separation, desalination, to the service of the broad areas of learning and training.

Dr. Saji obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Kyoto University　(Japan). Currently Dr. Saji is a Professor in pharmaceutical sciences at Kyoto University. Dr. Saji has published more than 380 scientific publications and is currently working in the area of molecular imaging. Dr. Saji is currently the Editorial Advisory Board Member of this journal (Current Analytical Chemistry, CAC), published by Bentham Science Publishers.

Dr. Schiller studied Chemistry and did his PhD in Biophysics investigating the degradation of polysaccharides by reactive oxygen species. Currently, he is group leader at Leipzig University. His research focus is on (phospho)lipids, their role in different pathologies and the investigation of lipid oxidation products generated under inflammatory conditions by using NMR, mass spectrometry and chromatographic techniques. He is particularly interested in combining the resolving power of thin-layer chromatography with the sensitivity of MS detection. He is the author of about 200 journal papers, reviews and contributions to books.

Dr. Fatih Sen obtained his Ph.D. degree (2011) in Inorganic Chemistry from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Dr. Sen is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry (Faculty of Science and Art) at Kütahya Dumlupinar University, Kütahya, Turkey. He spent almost two years at Massachusetts Institute and Technology (MIT), USA, as a Post-doc in the research group of Prof. M.S. Strano (involving different nanomaterials and their applications, such as biosensors, biofuel cells, thermopower energy generation, carbon nanotubes, graphene, etc). Dr. Sen, as an author/co-author, has published more than 100 articles in various journals (having over 3,000 total citations).

She received her PhD degree in 1985 from Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University (Ankara, Turkey). She attended Faculty of Science, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University (Van, Turkey) as a professor of Analytical Chemistry in 1999. Her research interest focuses on pharmaceutical, food, environmental and biomedical applications of electrochemical (potentiometric and voltammetric) sensors (potentiometric ion-selective electrodes, bare and chemically modified electrodes, nanomaterials). She has about 90 publications and 150 oral and poster presentations (at international/national conferences).

Dr. Smichowski conducted graduate studies at the Engineering School of the University of Buenos Aires obtaining a MS in Nuclear Engineering. She obtained a Ph.D. degree in Analytical Chemistry at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, under the supervision of Professor Dr. Carmen Cámara. Since 1982 she is staff scientist at the Argentine Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) and currently, head of the Analytical Developments Division. Dr. Smichowski is an independent researcher at the Argentine National Council of Science and Technology (CONICET). She has published more than 110 scientific publications and 11 book chapters.

Prof. Margarita Stoytcheva has graduated from the University of Chemical Technologies and Metallurgy of Sofia, Bulgaria with titles of Chemical Engineer and Master of Electrochemical Technologies. She has Ph.D. and DSc. degrees in chemistry and technical sciences. She has participated in research activities and teaching in several universities in Bulgaria, Algeria, and France. From 2006 to the present, she works at the Autonomous University of Baja California at Mexicali, Mexico as a fool time professor. Since 2006, she has been a member of the National System of Researchers of Mexico, and since 2011, she has been a regular member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. Her interests and area of research are electroanalytical chemistry and biotechnology.

Csaba Szántay, Jr. graduated from the Technical University of Budapest in 1982, he obtained his PhD in 1986. Following a period of research work in England, as of 1989 he has been working in Spectroscopic Research Department of Gedeon Richter Plc., Hungary’s largest pharmaceutical company. He has been the head of this department since 1994. His main interests are the theory of NMR spectroscopy and application of high-resolution NMR in the structure determination of organic molecules. He received numerous awards, and is the member or president of several scientific committees. Up until now he has published more than 130 original scientific papers, including two books.

Poonam Tandon is working as the Professor of Physics (Specialization in Experimental Solid State Physics), University of Lucknow, India. She received M.Sc. and Ph.D. from University of Lucknow, India in 1989 and 1992, respectively. She has published more than 200 scientific papers. Her research covers structure property correlation in pharmaceutical compounds. structure and dynamics of polymers, nanomaterials and their applications. She supervised the Ph.D. thesis of 37 students. Prof. Tandon is recipient of several international and national awards/ fellowships, to name a few Alexander von Humboldt Fellow; Regular Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy; Fellow, International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry; JSPS, Japan Fellowship; Member, Scientific Committee of World Forum for Advanced Materials; Fellow, Asia Pacific Academy of Materials; Young Scientist Award, UP State Government; MRSI-Medal, Materials Research Society of India; UGC Research Award.

Professor Michael Thompson obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Wales, UK and his PhD in analytical chemistry from McMaster University. Following a period as Science Research Council PDF at Swansea University he was appointed Lecturer in Instrumental Analysis at Loughborough University. He then moved to the University of Toronto where he is now Professor of Bioanalytical Chemistry. He has held a number of distinguished research posts including the Leverhulme Fellowship at the University of Durham and the Science Foundation Ireland E.T.S Walton Research Fellowship at the Tyndall National Institute, Cork City. Thompson has served on the Editorial Boards of a number of major international journals including Analytical Chemistry, The Analyst, Talanta, Analytica Chimica Acta and Biosensors and Bioelectronics.

Dr. Hai Nguyen Tran received his PhD degree in Environmental Engineering from Department of Civil Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan in 2017. He is currently a Lecturer and Researcher at Duy Tan University, Vietnam. His research interests include adsorption, Fenton-like reaction, photocatalysis, UV/chlorine process, volatilization, green synthesis, and solid waste management. He focuses especially on (1) exploring the adsorption mechanism of various contaminants, (2) developing a variety of advanced materials, (3) characterizing them by various advanced techniques, and (4) applying them for water and wastewater treatments. During his early career, Dr Tran has published 58 reputable-journal publications and two book chapters. He is a regular and outstanding reviewer for many prestigious environment-focused journals (60) in 18 publishers. Currently, he is working as Bentham Science Ambassador from Vietnam of the Bentham Science Publishers (2019–2020). He is also an editorial advisory board member of 17 prestigious international scientific journals.

Dr. Chongqing Wang obtained his Ph.D in Chemical Engineering and Technology from Central South University in 2017, and then work as an associate professor in School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University from 2017. His field is recycling of solid wastes via physical and chemical methods, specifically involving separation and extraction of valuable components and conversion of solid waste into functional materials. He has co-authored over 40 peer-reviewed papers and 5 Chinese authorized patents. He is also the member of International Waste Working Group, editorial member of Frontiers in Materials and Nonferrous Metals (Extractive Metallurgy Section).

Matthias Wilm obtained his PhD and his MD from the Westfälische Wilhelms University in Münster, Germany. He worked for 15 years at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany where he contributed to the development how to sequence peptides and identify proteins by mass spectrometry. Currently he is Professor for Analytical Sciences in the Conway Institute at the University College Dublin where he continues to work on mass spectrometric methods to investigate biological systems.

Professor Yaman received his Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of Inonu, Malatya-Turkey. Since 2002, he has been chaired Full Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Firat. Prof. Yaman has a track record of 113 publications and more than 1900 citations as well as his H factor is 28. Professor Yaman have the International Book Chapter and has given more than 130 talks for national and international confereneces. He supervised 11 Ph.D. and 22 M.Sc.

Dr Xunli Zhang obtained his PhD degree from Imperial College London in 2000, and is currently a Reader in Bioengineering at the University of Southampton. His research interests include the development of microfluidic and Lab-on-a-Chip technologies and their applications in bioengineering, in particular, related to cell-based bioanalysis, drug delivery systems and therapeutic biomicrofluidics. He is named on over 80 peer-reviewed journal publications and patents, and 5 book chapters. Dr Zhang is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), and Chartered Chemist (CChem).

Dr. Kemal Solakyildirim is an associate professor in Department of Chemistry, Erzincan Binali Yildirim University, Turkey. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 2009 and 2012, respectively in Professor Robert J. Linhardt’s research group. In his masters and doctoral studies at RPI, in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, he focused on separation and characterization of different types of complex carbohydrates. These studies resulted in 14 publications in analytical chemistry and biochemistry journals. After completing his masters and doctoral studies, he joined Prof. Dr. Cynthia Larive group as a postdoctoral scientist at University of California, Riverside. His research interests are the separation and characterization of complex molecules, such as carbohydrates by using LC-MS; structural elucidation of glycosaminoglycans by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy; experience in developing and interpreting new methodology involving high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS); the innovative application of preparative capillary electrophoresis (CE).

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Halil Ibrahim ULUSOY received his master Degree in 2007 and his Doctorate Degree in 2012 on the field of Analytical Chemistry. He is Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Pharmacy (Sivas/TURKEY) since 2015. He is member of Turkish Chemical Society. His research interests are in the development of new analytical methodologies for trace organic and inorganic species in the food samples, pharmaceutical samples, and biological matrices. He is also editorial board members and associate editors of 4 international scientific journal. Until May 2019, 52 research article, 3 review, 3 chapter in scientific book, 76 poster and oral presentation in scientific conferences were presented by Dr.Ulusoy in his academic life.

Professor Wang Yong received his PhD degree from Nanyang Technological University in 2011, master degree in 2007 and dual bachelor degree in 2004 from Tianjin University. Now he is the associate director of department of chemistry. His research interests include chiral separation materials and organic fluorescent sensing molecules.

Dr. Ding obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Analytical Chemistry from University of Nanjing, China. Currently Dr. Ding is a Full Professor in Southeast University, China. He has published more than 70 scientific publications. Dr. Ding is currently one of the Editorial Board this journal (Current Analytical Chemistry, CAC), published by Bentham Science Publishers.

Dr. Inamuddin is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has extensive research experience in multidisciplinary fields of Analytical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Electrochemistry. He has published 127 research articles in international journals of repute and 18 book chapters in knowledge-based book editions. He has published thirty-seven edited books for leading international publishers. He is serving as an Associate Editor for journals such as Environmental Chemistry Letter, Applied Water Science, Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports-Nature and editor for Eurasian Journal of Analytical Chemistry.

Dr. Sevinc Kurbanoglu obtained PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Ankara University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nano bioelectronics & Biosensor Group at Institute Catala, Barcelona, Spain. She has been serving as a Research and Teaching Assistant Chemistry, Ankara, Turkey. She has contributed her valuable publications in different journals. Her skills and expertise are in Polymerization Materials, Nanomaterials, Polymers, Enzymes, Sample Preparation, Biomaterials, Nanoscience, High-Performance Liquid Chromatography and Chromatography.

Dr. Mashallah Rezakazemi received his B.Sc. and M. Sc. degrees in 2009 and 2011 respectively from the Iran University of Science and Technology. He has also been awarded a degree of PhD from the University of Tehran in 2015. Dr. Rezakazmi served as a professor of the faculty of Chemical and Material Engineering at the Shahrood University of Technology. His research interest is in the general area of the water-energy nexus, CO2 capture, gas separation, desalination, to the service of the broad areas of learning and training.

Dr. Samanidou is presently serving as a full professor at the University of Thessaloniki. She has been awarded a degree of PhD in Chemistry from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She has published more than 130 original research articles in peer reviewed journals and 50 reviews and chapters in scientific books. She was also guest editor in 2 special issues in scientific journals. She is a member of the editorial board of more than 10 scientific journals and she has reviewed almost 400 manuscripts in more than 90 scientific journals.

Dr. H. O. Wang is a Chair Associate Professor at the Institute of Materials Physics. He received his BS (Physics) from Jiangsu Normal University in 2007, his PhD (Materials Science and Engineering) in 2013 from Nanjing University of Science and Technology. He joined Hangzhou Dianzi University in 2014 at the Department of Materials science and Engineering. Dr. Wang’s research activities encompass information materials, magneto-electric materials, magnetic materials, nano-mechanics, and nano-materials. He serves as a member of the editorial board for three journals and was invited keynote speakers of major conferences. He has published over 40 articles in various international journals including New Journal of Chemistry, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, EPL-Europhysics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, etc.

Dr. Chongqing Wang obtained his Ph.D in Chemical Engineering and Technology from Central South University in 2017, and then work as an associate professor in School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University from 2017. His field is recycling of solid wastes via physical and chemical methods, specifically involving separation and extraction of valuable components and conversion of solid waste into functional materials. He has co-authored over 40 peer-reviewed papers and 5 Chinese authorized patents. He is also the member of International Waste Working Group, editorial member of Frontiers in Materials and Nonferrous Metals (Extractive Metallurgy Section).

Dr Cecilia Devi Wilfred is an Associate Professor at the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS with more than 16 years of research experience and 4 years’ experience in the industry. She obtained her PhD in Organic Chemistry from University of York in 2004. She is a Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) since 2011 and a Fellow Member of Institut Kimia Malaysia (IKM).