Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff”, University of Florence, Italy;Prof. Giovanna Marrazza is a full professor in Analytical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” of the University of Florence, Italy. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Biosensors, an open access journal devoted to studies related to the science and technology of biosensors and biosensing. She was the President of the Course of Study in Chemistry Degree, at this University (2017 – 2021). She was a visiting professor at University of Cranfield (UK) (2010-2014). She is a distinguished Visiting Professor of the Faculty of Pharmacy "Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine and & Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca (Romania) from since 2017. She is a member of the steering board of Italian Sensors and Microsystems Group (2017 - at present). She is member of Italian Sensor Group, Italian Chemistry Society (2010-at present). She was coordinator of Coordinator of Italian Sensor Group, Italian Chemistry Society (2016 -2018). Her teaching activity is in Analytical Chemistry Courses for graduate and under graduate students in Chemistry (2001- at present). Her research is focused on new biosensing principles containing nanomaterials and modified interfaces with nucleic acids, enzymes, antibodies, bacteria, and molecular imprinted polymers. She is an expert in the design of procedures suitable for biosensor devices such as microflow systems, thick-film technology, and nanodispensing technologies. She participated in several national and international projects. She is currently a unit leader in national and international projects.

Institute of Applied Physics “Nello Carrara”, CNR-IFAC, Italy;Tombelli, Sara is research director at the Institute of Applied Physics (IFAC-CNR) in Florence, Italy. Her research activity is focused on analytical chemistry, biosensor development and optical sensing platform design and development for clinical applications. She has also experience in intracellular nanosensors. On the above topics she has contributed more than 140 publications on international refereed journals, books and conference proceedings (H-index=40, Scopus). She participated in several European Projects (Nanodem, Hemospec, Careman, Gapogrowth) and in other national and international projects. She is research unit scientific leader in several national projects. She has been reviewer and monitor for the evaluation of international projects in the frame of the European Community research programs. She received the National Scientific Habilitation (ASN) as full professor in Analytical Chemistry (Italian Ministry for Research).