Prof Fabiana Arduini
University of Rome Tor Vegarta, Rome, Italy

Fabiana Arduini is a Full Professor at Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, founder of start-up SENSE4MED, DG at ISO9001 Certified Laboratory LabCap, University of Rome "Tor Vergata”, Editor of Green Analytical Chemistry Journal, Elsevier, Associated Editor of Microchemical Journal, Elsevier, Specialty Chief Editor Micro- and Nano- Sensors, Frontiers in Sensors, one of the seven relevant scientists selected by Italian Ministry of Defence for studies on depleted uranium, and Coordinator of Italian Sensor Group, Italian Chemical Society 2019-2021. Her research activity deals with the development of miniaturised electrochemical devices mainly using screen-printed electrodes modified with nanomaterials and paper-based analytical tools applied in environmental, biomedical, agrifood, and defense sectors, with over 200 articles published in peer-review journals, H index 61, Scopus source, > 10 patents, coordinators of several national/international projects including Horizon Europe Pathfinder project Phoenix-OoC (March 2024- February 2027). Her name is listed in the top 2% of most cited researchers in the world.

Prof Emmanuel Iwuoha
South African DSI/NRF Research Chair Initiative (SARChI) Chair for NanoElectrochemistry and Sensor Technology, Department of Chemistry, University of the Western Cape (UWC). South Africa.

Emmanuel Iwuoha is an A-Rated Scientist and DSTI/NRF SARChI Chair (Tier 1) for NanoElectrochemistry and Sensor Technology, at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). He was admitted as a Chartered Chemist (CChem) in 1990, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in 1999, a Fellow of the African Academy of Science (FAAS) in 2018 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa (FRSSAf) in 2023. He is the Founding Director of the UWC Sensor Laboratories (SensorLab), which was established in 2002 as a centre of excellence in electrochemistry. Prof Iwuoha specialises in materials electrochemistry with applications in sensors, energy generation and energy storage. He has published over 400 research articles, given more than 75 plenary and keynote presentations and graduated over 85 PhDs. An Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (HonFRSC) was conferred on him in 2020. He won the 2023/2024 NSTF-South32 Award for Engineering Research Capacity Development. He is a member of the editorial advisory boards of the Journal of the American Chemical Society Gold (JACS Au) and Bioelectrochemistry.