Sensors Webinar | Advanced Technologies for Environmental Sensing Applications
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29th Sensors Webinar
Advanced Techonologies for Environmental Sensing Applications
Environmental sustainability needs to be monitored at high spatial and temporal resolution by sensor-systems and advanced technologies for a carbon neutrality society.
This online webinar explores the most recent advancements in advanced technologies for environmental sensing applications, climate change monitoring, remote sensing for land management, photogrammetry for biodiversity monitoring, nanobiotechnologies for environmental monitoring, atmospheric pollution detection, and emerging sensor technologies for applications.
This webinar will feature presentations from two leading experts, focusing on sensor technologies and advanced methodologies for environmental sensing. The webinar speakers will present their cutting-edge findings. Their insights will address key challenges and advancements in this field, and a discussion on environmental applications and future directions will be followed by a Q&A mode.Date: 18 March 2026
Time: 10:00 AM CET / 5:00 PM CST Asia
Webinar ID: 844 3454 7292
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Meet the Event Chair
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Elisa Michelini
Department of Chemistry "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum- University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy;
Elisa Michelini is associate professor in analytical chemistry at the Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” of the University of Bologna (Italy).
Her research activity deals with the development of optical biosensors, mainly relying on bio-chemiluminescence and colorimetric detection, for clinical diagnostics, water, environmental, and agro-food sectors. In the last ten years, her activity has been also focused on smartphone biosensors, paper sensors and biosensors relying on 3D cell models. She is author of more than 100 articles in high- impact journals (h-index 41) and her work has been cited more than 5500 times (Scopus). She has been the recipient of several awards including the Nanotech Applications Award (2009), Marlene DeLuca Prize (2012), Genelux Award (2014) and EPA Water Toxicity Sensor Challenge (first prize in 2022, and honorable mention in 2024). She coordinated a NATO-SPS project and has been deeply involved in projects funded by European Commission and PRIMA-Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area. She is Associate Editor for Biosensors & Bioelectronics is a and Member of the Advisory Board of the Sensors & Diagnostic Journal (Royal Society of Chemistry).
Prof. Paul Krause
Computer Science Research Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK;
Paul Krause is Emeritus Professor at the University of Surrey. He has 49 years of experience in the theory and application of data science to a variety of domains, including geophysics, low temperature metrology, toxicology, healthcare, systems engineering and environmental monitoring.
During his career he has worked at three internationally leading independent research laboratories:
• The National Physical Laboratory (1980-87);
• The Imperial Cancer Research Fund (1989-1996);
• Philips Research Laboratories, UK (1996-2003).
He transitioned to full time at the University of Surrey from 2003. This enabled him to develop further his interest in the research and application of data science techniques, especially their application to natural ecosystems. This linked his research to over forty years’ experience as a volunteer in practical nature conservation, monitoring and field studies in botanical hot spots around the world.
As well as research papers, he co-edited with Fatos Xhafa IoT-based Intelligent Modelling for Environmental and Ecological Engineering: Next Generation EcoAgro Systems, published by Springer in 2021, and is Editor for the Section on Sustainable Land Management in the forthcoming (April 2026) Springer Handbook on Data Engineering.
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1. Advanced Sensing Technologies for Environmental Applications
Edited by Prof. Dr. Michele Penza
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026
2. Remote Sensing Technology for Agricultural and Land Management
Edited by Prof. Paul Krause
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 May 2026