Clarice Dias Britto do Amaral holds a Bachelor's degree and a teaching degree in Chemistry from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), and a Ph.D. in Science, with a specialization in Analytical Chemistry, from UFSCar. She is a Professor, Researcher, and Extensionist at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), where she leads the Laboratory of Spectrometry, Sensors and Biosensors (LaESB). She is an Executive Editor of Química Nova, a full member of the Brazilian Chemical Society (SBQ) and the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC), and an Affiliated Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (2026–2030). She is also a member of the Núcleo Mulheres SBQ (2024–2026), a mentor in the 2nd Mentoring Program for Women in Science promoted by SBF, SBM, and SBQ, and a regular member of the EuChemS Sample Preparation Study Group and Network. Her research interests include analytical chemistry, trace analysis, ICP-MS, atomic and mass spectrometry, sample preparation, alternative green solvents such as deep eutectic solvents, forensic chemistry, and chemical speciation. She is also actively engaged in promoting gender equity and the visibility of women in science. Her research has received awards at the 20th ENQA (2022), 21st ENQA (2024), and 47th RASBQ (2024). Theses supervised by her received the UFPR Academic Excellence Award for Graduate Studies in 2022 and 2024. She has supervised more than 20 undergraduate and graduate research projects, including master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral researchers. In 2026, she received the Lauro Kubota Award for Young Talent in (Bio)Analytical Chemistry from the Brazilian Journal of Analytical Chemistry (BrJAC). And, most importantly, she is the proud mother of Sophie, 8.

Quezia Bezerra Cass is a Senior Full Professor at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) and currently serves as a Senior Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in Chemistry at the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), Brazil. Her research focuses on separation science and mass spectrometry, with particular emphasis on innovative approaches to molecular recognition, affinity-based methods, and the discovery of bioactive compounds. Her work integrates analytical chemistry with pharmacology and natural products research, contributing to the development of new strategies for bioactive compound discovery, pest and insect control, and environmental monitoring. Her research has also established important connections with applications in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

Márcia Cristina Breitkreitz: received her B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP, 2004), followed by an MSc. in Analytical Chemistry/Chemometrics at the same institution (2007). Her master's research focused on experimental design and optimization applied to high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). She worked as a Senior Researcher in Chemometrics at the International Institute for Pharmaceutical Research (IIPF, 2005 -2007) and coordinator of Research and Development (2007-2009). She completed her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry/Chemometrics at UNICAMP (2013), conducting research on vibrational imaging spectroscopy and chemometrics applied to pharmaceutical development.
She is currently an Associate Professor (MS-5.1 level) in the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, where she also coordinates the Pharmaceutical Research and Chemometrics Laboratory (LabFarQui). She supervises MSc. and PhD. students in the graduate programs of both Institute of Chemistry and the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Her research expertise lies at the interface of Analytical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Chemometrics. Her main research interests include the application of Chemometrics to the development and optimization of analytical methods based on High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Ultra-High Performance Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (UHPSFC), following the principles of Analytical Quality by Design (AQbD). She also conducts research on pharmaceutical product and process development under the Quality by Design (QbD) framework, as well as on the application of near-infrared (NIR) and Raman vibrational spectroscopy, including both point and imaging techniques, for the development and evaluation of pharmaceutical formulations.
From December 2023 to May 2026, she worked as Extension Coordinator of the Institute of Chemistry at UNICAMP. She currently works as Director of Extension at the Office of the Vice Rector for Extension, Sports and Culture (PROEEC), UNICAMP.

Jez Willian Batista Braga: is currently Full Professor at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of Brasília, DF, Brazil. His is also member of the Institute of Science and Technology (INCT) for Bioanalytics – Lauro Kubota and primarily focuses on research in chemometrics and spectroscopy, with applications in food science, environmental studies, forensic analysis, pharmaceuticals, fuels, and biological samples.

Marcelo Martins de Sena: is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and Research Fellow from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry, and his current work focuses on chemometrics in analytical chemistry, including the application of spectroscopic techniques (NIR, MIR, UV-vis, spectrofluorimetry, MS) to the analysis of food, pharmaceuticals, agricultural products and forensic samples. He has also published around 90 articles in international peer-reviewed journals. He is currently coordinator of the spectroanalysis area of the Brazilian National Institute of Science and Technology in Bioanalytical Chemistry (INCTBio) and was the coordinator of a Project on Public Security and Forensic Sciences (2021-2025, funded by CAPES and Brazilian Ministry of Justice).

Prof. Dr. Wendel Andrade Alves is currently a Full Professor at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC) and a CNPq Research Productivity Fellow. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fundamental Chemistry from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (1999), and Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry from the University of São Paulo (2001 and 2005, respectively). He carried out a doctoral research internship at the Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Physical Chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, including a research internship at the Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, France. He was also a Visiting Researcher at the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA, in 2014 and from 2023 to 2024. His research focuses on supramolecular and polymeric nanomaterials, molecular interfaces, electrochemical biosensors, functional nanocomposites, and microneedle-based analytical and therapeutic platforms. He currently coordinates the FAPESP Thematic Project “Point-of-Care Technologies Based on Microneedles to Improve Healthcare Testing and Treatments” (Grant No. 2022/14753-0) and is a member of the National Institute of Science and Technology in Bioanalytics – Lauro Kubota (INCTBio-LK) and CEPID CEMol – Research Center of Molecular Engineering for Advanced Materials.

Dr. Hermicenda Pérez Vidal is a full-time professor and researcher at the Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry from the University of the Basque Country (Spain), an M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico, and undergraduate in Biology from the Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco.
She is the leader of the Consolidated Academic Group Materials Science and a member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers (SNII). Throughout her career, she has supervised 39 theses, led research projects, and developed specialized technical services. Her teaching activities include undergraduate and graduate courses in Materials Science and Applied Chemistry.
Dr. Pérez Vidal is actively involved in science outreach and the promotion of scientific careers, contributing to student recruitment and enrollment initiatives. She is also committed to advancing gender equity in science through her participation in the Commission on Equity for Women in Science. Her collaborative research activities have strengthened academic networks, attracted external funding, and generated research addressing key environmental and technological challenges in southeastern Mexico.

Josué Carinhanha Caldas Santos holds a degree in Chemistry from the State University of Bahia, as well as a master’s degree in Organic Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the Federal University of Bahia, including a visiting research period at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto (Portugal). He is the coordinator of the Laboratory of Instrumentation and Development in Analytical Chemistry (LINQA) at the Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology of the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL). His research focuses on Analytical Chemistry and its interfaces, with an emphasis on the interaction of (macro)molecules, such as proteins, enzymes, DNA, and humic substances, with metal ions, pharmaceuticals, and biologically active compounds; the development of sample preparation strategies; atomic and molecular fluorescence; the synthesis and application of nanomaterials and fluorescent or colorimetric probes for analytical purposes; and the development of analytical kits for detecting markers of interest in agriculture, health, and forensic sciences. For more information about the research group, follow us on social media: @linqaufal.

Jörg Bettmer is currently full professor at the University of Oviedo, Spain. He defended his PhD thesis on a topic of elemental speciation of lead and mercury under the supervision of Professor Karl Cammann in 1996 at the University of Münster, Germany. After several postdoc stays, he continued his work in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Mainz, Germany, and he obtained his “venia legendi” in 2004 (Professor Klaus G. Heumann). His work during this period was focused on elemental speciation, metallomics, etc. His research at that time was awarded with the “Bunsen-Kirchhoff Award 2007” (German Society of Chemistry, GDCh) and the “Mattauch-Herzog Award 2007” (German Society of Mass Spectrometry, DGMS). In the same year, he moved to the University of Oviedo as a Ramón y Cajal researcher. His current interests of research are principally focused on the analysis of small objects like nanoparticles and individual cells using complementary techniques like ICP-MS, LC-MS/MS and TEM. He intends to contribute to the general understanding of the uptake of elemental species in individual cells and the formation of the biogenic nanomaterials in various organisms. He has published more than 110 original research papers, review articles, and book chapters and has given more than 50 invited and plenary talks at various international conferences.

Emanuel Carrilho is Full Professor at the University of São Paulo (USP), affiliated with the Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos (IQSC). Holds a bachelor's degree in Chemistry (1986) and a master's in Analytical Chemistry from USP (1990), a Ph.D. in Chemistry (Bioanalytical) from Northeastern University at the Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis (1997), and a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University (2007–2009), in the United States.

Received several awards throughout his career, including: CAPES Thesis Award (2010), Gold Medal at the USP Innovation Olympiad (2011), IQSC Research Productivity Award (2010), and the Bernhard Gross Award for Academic Excellence (1986). Since 2019, he has been recognized as one of the most influential researchers in the world by Stanford University (USA).

He has served on the editorial boards of various national and international scientific journals and has served as an ad hoc reviewer for several Brazilian and foreign funding agencies. He was coordinator of the Graduate Program in Chemistry at IQSC (2010-2014), director of IQSC (2018-2022), and vice-coordinator of the USP Innovation Agency (AUSPIN).

His work focuses on Bioanalytical Chemistry, with an emphasis on instrumentation for analytical separations, miniaturization, and mass spectrometry. He conducts omics research to understand biological systems, aims to identify biomarkers for disease diagnosis, and develops miniaturized, low-cost analytical methods for bioanalysis. Special attention is given to microphysiological systems (organs-on-a-chip), where cell biology, tissue engineering, bioprinting, and analytical chemistry (metabolomics and proteomics) converge.

Ana Valéria Colnaghi Simionato is a Professor (Associate Professor, MS5-2) in the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas (Unicamp). She has been a member of the National Institute of Science and Technology in Bioanalytics since 2009. She is part of the scientific committee of the Latin-American Symposium on Biotechnology, Biomedical, Biopharmaceutical, and Industrial Applications of Capillary Electrophoresis and Microchip Technology (LACE). She is the Secretary Director of the Brazilian Society for Mass Spectrometry (BrMass) and is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Analytica Chimica Acta.
She holds a Holds a Bachelor's degree with a teaching qualification and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry with Technological Qualifications from the Federal University of São Carlos (1997), a Master’s and PhD in Chemistry (Analytical Chemistry) from the Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos, University of São Paulo (2000 and 2005). She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Analytical Chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo. During her PhD, she undertook a research internship at Northeastern University (Boston, MA, USA) and has participated in international conferences, where she had opportunities to visit and collaborate in research laboratories abroad.
She has supervised undergraduate research students, Master’s and PhD students, as well as postdoctoral fellows. Her main research interests include: biomarkers of human diseases (cancer, neurological diseases, inflammatory neuropathies, heart diseases, benign prostatic hyperplasia, leishmaniasis, obesity, and diabetes), metabolomic profiling of multidrug-resistant bacteria, sports metabolomics, and the analysis of secondary metabolites and drugs in biological samples, using analytical techniques such as capillary electrophoresis, chromatography, and mass spectrometry.

Joaquim A. Nóbrega received his Ph.D. from the State University of Campinas (1992) and completed his postdoctoral training with Ramon Barnes (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1996) and with Bradley Jones (Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 2003). He is Full Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos (São Carlos, São Paulo State, Brazil). His research interests are sample preparation for inorganic analysis, atomic absorption spectrometry, atomic emission spectrometry, and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. He co-authored several papers in microwave-assisted sample preparation and recently updated a chapter on “Microwave-Assisted Sample Preparation for Spectrochemistry” (Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry, 2024, John Wiley & Sons).

Alan James Stewart, BSc (Hons), PhD, FRSB, FRSC, is currently a Reader in Molecular Medicine at School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Education/Qualifications: PhD in Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK (1999-2003). BSc(Hons) in Biochemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK (1995-1999).
Professional history: Senior Lecturer, University of St Andrews (2016-2021); Lecturer, University of St Andrews (2009-2016); MRC Career Development Fellow, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK (from 2006-2009); Postdoctoral Fellow, Roslin Institute, Midlothian, UK (from 2003-2005).
Other Appointments and Affiliations: Deputy Chair and Executive Board Member of Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance (SULSA; since 2023). Deputy Chair of the Int. Union of Crystallography (IUCr) Commission on Biol. Macromolecules (since 2023). Tenovus Scotland National Scientific Advisory Committee (since 2023).
Honours and Awards: Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2022); Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (2020); Guest Professor at Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China (2017); BBSRC New Investigator Award (2012).
Publication summary and metrics (Source: Google Scholar (accessed 2/10/2025): Total publications: 105; Citations: 7,092; h-index: 42; i10-index: 82.

Prof. Dr. Alessandra Sussulini

Alessandra Sussulini is an Associate Professor (MS-5.1) in the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), and the head of the Laboratory of Bioanalytics and Integrated Omics (LaBIOmics). She supervises students in the Graduate Programs in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UNICAMP. She holds a PhD in Natural Sciences from UNICAMP, with a sandwich period at the Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine (Germany). She completed postdoctoral research at the Butantan Institute and the Research Center Jülich (Germany). Her current main research areas include the integration of omics sciences based on mass spectrometry (metabolomics, lipidomics, proteomics, and metallomics) for the study of neuropsychiatric diseases, molecular mechanisms of natural psychedelics, and the characterization of agroecological foods. She is the author of more than 60 peer-reviewed scientific articles, 9 book chapters, and editor of a book on metabolomics published by Springer Nature in 2017. Among the awards she has received is the Academic Recognition Award in Human Rights from UNICAMP and the Vladimir Herzog Institute in 2023. She has been a CNPq Productivity Fellow, Level 2, since 2023. She has supervised 10 doctoral theses, 11 master's theses, 3 postdoctoral projects, and 13 scientific initiation projects.

Prof. Dr. Hugo M. Santos

Hugo M. Santos began his career in proteomics in 2007, embarking on a joint PhD program in Biochemistry at NOVA University Lisbon (Portugal) and the Turku Centre for Biotechnology in Finland, where he worked with state-of-the-art mass spectrometry instrumentation applied to biomedical research. He then pursued postdoctoral training, first at the University of Vigo (2010–2011) and subsequently at the Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology in Barcelona (2011–2012), advancing biomedical applications of mass spectrometry and translational research. In 2013 he returned to NOVA University Lisbon to continue his work in Biological Mass Spectrometry, where he is currently an Assistant Researcher at LAQV-REQUIMTE. A Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, his scientific interests focus on the identification and structural characterization of molecules involved in complex biological processes and the monitoring of their abundance to gain insights into underlying molecular mechanisms, as well as on nano-proteomics and nanomedicine, the application of chemosensors to the detection and quantification of metals, and the mass spectrometry analysis of organic molecules, metal complexes, and supramolecular systems. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications in journals such as Communications Medicine, BMC Medicine, Analytical Chemistry, and Talanta. To date, he has supervised six PhD students to completion and is currently mentoring four others.

Prof. Dr. Fabio Cesar Gozzo

Fabio Cesar Gozzo was a researcher at LNBio/CNPEM from 2004 to 2008. In 2006, he began his career at the Institute of Chemistry at Unicamp, where he is currently a full professor. He is a specialist in mass spectrometry applied to proteins, proteomics, protein structure, and interactions. Throughout his career, he has developed several advanced mass spectrometry approaches involving cross-linking mass spectrometry (XL-MS), hydrogen/deuterium exchange (HDX), and ion mobility spectrometry (IMS).
In addition to new experimental approaches, Prof. Fabio Gozzo’s group has made significant contributions to the development of software for structural proteomics, having been involved in the development of more than seven programs in these areas. His works have been published in prestigious journals such as Nature Chemical Biology, Nature Methods, and Nature Communications.
Prof. Fabio has also served as the Coordinator of the “São Paulo Proteomics Network,” the Brazilian representative to the International Mass Spectrometry Society (IMSS), a board member of the Brazilian Mass Spectrometry Society (BrMASS), and the Coordinator of the “Interest Group in Cross-Linking/Mass Spectrometry” of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS). He is currently conducting research on large-scale protein-protein interaction mapping within the cellular environment.

Kelly das Graças Fernandes Dantas is a Full Professor at the Institute of Exact and Natural Sciences, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil. She graduated in Chemistry from the Federal University of Viçosa (1999), Master in Chemistry (Analytical Chemistry) from the São Paulo State University (2001), Ph.D. in Science (Analytical Chemistry) from the Federal University of São Carlos (2005) with a sandwich period (2004) at the Faculty of Physical and Analytical Chemistry at the University of Oviedo in Spain, and postdoctoral from the Federal University of São Carlos (2006). Currently, she is CNPq PQ-2 productivity, Vice-Director of the Analytical Chemistry Division of the Brazilian Chemistry Society, member of the National Institute on Science and Technology of Molecular Science (INCT-CiMol), and coordinator of the Applied Analytical Spectrometry Group (GEAAp). Dr. Dantas has published more than 60 scientific articles and supervised around 41 graduates, 18 Master’s, 11 Ph.D., and 2 Post-Doc students. She has experience in Analytical Chemistry and her main research topics are sample preparation, emission and atomic spectrometry, chromatographic techniques, and speciation applied to foods, biological, and environmental samples of the Amazon region.

Jez W. B. Braga is a Full Professor at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of Brasília (UnB). Graduated in Chemistry from the State University of Goiás, Prof. Jez holds a master’s and a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the State University of Campinas, as well as a postdoctoral degree from the Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP), including external research at the National University of Rosario (Argentina). Prof. Jez has extensive experience in teaching and research, with a focus on chemometrics and forensic chemistry. His work primarily involves the analysis of forensic samples—such as drugs, documents, beverages, wood, explosives, fuels, pharmaceuticals, and food—along with first- and second-order multivariate calibration, figures of merit determination, method validation, multivariate curve resolution, chromatographic separation techniques (HPLC), and spectroscopic methods (UV-VIS, IR, NIR, and molecular fluorescence). He has published over 70 scientific articles, authored four book chapters, and participated in numerous national and international conferences.

Professor Carla Bottoli holds a degree in Industrial Chemistry from the Federal University of Santa Maria (1996), a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Campinas (2002), and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the same institution (2002–2004). She carried out a research internship at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (2005) and served as a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Michigan, USA (2023–2024). She works in the field of Analytical Chemistry, with a focus on Separation Methods. She is the coordinator of the Liquid Chromatography Research Laboratory (NovaCrom), and her research involves the development and validation of analytical methods and sample preparation procedures for biological and plant matrices using liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. More recently, she has focused on the development of analytical methods for targeted metabolomics in biological fluids. She was Associate Coordinator of the Research Committee at the Institute of Chemistry – UNICAMP and currently serves as a member of the Research Integrity Committee at UNICAMP. She has been an active member of the Brazilian Chemical Society since 1998, a member of the Latin American Metabolic Profiling Society, and a researcher at the National Institute of Science and Technology in Bioanalytics (INCT-Bioanalítica).

Juliana Naozuka is Professor at the Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP), Diadema campus. She holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Sao Paulo (2001), a master's degree (2004), a doctorate (2008) in Chemistry (Analytical Chemistry) from the University of Sao Paulo and a post-doctorate (2010) from the Federal University of ABC (UFABC). She has experience in the field of analytical chemistry, with an emphasis on atomic absorption and emission spectrometry, mainly working on the following topics: determination of trace elements and chemical speciation in food and biological materials. Coordinates the LAEQ (Chemical Speciation Analysis Laboratory) and is vice coordinator of the PPGQ-CTS (Graduate Program in Chemistry - Sustainability Science and Technology).

The book Environmental Impacts of Metallic Elements: Speciation, Bioavailability and Remediation
By Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf, Maliha Sarfraz, Rizwana Naureen, Mohamedreza Gharibreza (Springer, 2015) will be raffled among the attendees.

Javier Jimenez Lamana is currently Assistant Professor at the Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physico-Chemistry for Environment and Materials (IPREM), Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France. Education: Licenciatura in Chemistry (2008), University of Zaragoza, Spain; Advanced Studies Diploma in Analytical Chemistry (2010), University of Zaragoza, Spain.PhD with “Cum Laude” and “European Doctor” labels, and awarded with the title of “Extraordinary Doctorate Award (in the Macro Area of Sciences)” (2014). University of Zaragoza, Spain. Research Record: 43 publications in international peer-reviewed journals and 4 book chapters, 2994 citations, h-index of 21. (Google Scholar, visited on 7th April 2025) I have also been the author or co-author of 44 conference presentations, including 22 oral presentations and two keynotes as speaker. I have been an invited speaker in 5 major international conference.

Mauro Bertotti received a B.Sc. from the Institute of Chemistry of the University of São Paulo in 1983 and became a postgraduate student at the same institution, where he received his M.Sc. (1986) and Ph.D. (1991) under the supervision of Dr. Roberto Tokoro. For a year (1995/96), he was a postdoctoral fellow in the group of Professor Derek Pletcher at the University of Southampton, UK. At the University of São Paulo he has remained throughout his career, where he was appointed Full Professor in 2008. He was the Head of the Department of Fundamental Chemistry from 2014 to 2018. His research interests are Electrochemical Sensors, Microelectrodes and Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy. He has published around 200 papers in peer reviewed journals, given seminars in international conferences and supervised several PhD students and post docs.

Mariela Pistón was born in Uruguay in 1972. She completed her PhD in chemistry in the Faculty of Chemistry of the Universidad de la República (UdelaR), Montevideo, Uruguay. She started in 1996, being still a graduate student, as an honorary collaborator in the Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and since then he has worked in the Faculty of Chemistry until reaching the actual position of Full Professor. She worked in collaboration with research groups from Brazil, Spain, Portugal and Czech Republic. Her research interests include Atomic Spectroscopy, Sample Preparation, Instrumentation and Automation in Analytical Chemistry, Green Analytical Chemistry, Archaeometry and Analytical Toxicology.Currently she leads the research group -Trace element analysis and development of simple strategies for sample preparation (GATPREM). https://sites.google.com/site/elemtrazayprepmuestras Some ongoing projects that she leads are related to the evaluation of trace element levels in food and food safety in terms of inorganic contamination mainly with arsenic, cadmium and lead and its impact in human health. Another topic of interest is the exploration of improvements in the capabilities of Microwave Inducted Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (MP-AES) and EDXRF for trace analysis using micro dispersive magnetic extraction. She has published over 70 peer reviewed papers (ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6762-5852) and directed several PhD and MSc theses.She worked as co-chair in the organization of four editions of the Uruguayan Congress of Analytical Chemistry since 2009 to 2016, one of them was held together with the 5th Iberoamerican Congress of Analytical Chemistry (CIAQA) in Montevideo with more than 600 participants. She is also member of the International Medical Geology Association (IMGA), “Uruguay Chapter” and delegate of the Faculty of Chemistry to the CODEX- Food Safety, Uruguayan sub-committee. From 2017 to 2021 member of the Analytical Chemistry Division (V) IUPAC, and NR member of the IUPAC (2023-2024).Currently member of the Council of the Faculty of Chemistry and alternate Dean (Universidad de la República).

Fabiola Manhas Verbi Pereira is Associate Professor at the São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Chemistry, Araraquara (SP, BRA). She heads the Group on Alternative Analytical Approaches (GAAA), where she conducts cutting-edge research focused on non-destructive techniques and chemometrics (data science), with an emphasis on innovative spectroscopies such as XRF and LIBS. These techniques, which integrate sustainable and direct analysis on solid samples, are applied in a variety of contexts, from the agri-food sector to bioenergy. Academic background: B.S. Chemistry (1999) from Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar, São Carlos, SP, BRA).M.Sc. Chemistry (2003) from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP, Campinas, SP).Ph.D. Sciences (2007) from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP, Campinas, SP). Postdoc at Embrapa Instrumentação (São Carlos, SP, 2013), Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada, 2011) and Idaho State University (Pocatello, United States, 2018).

Montserrat Filella is a research associate at the Department F.-A. Forel of the University of Geneva (Switzerland). She is an analytical chemist by training. Her main research interests focus on understanding the physicochemical processes that regulate the behaviour of chemical compounds in environmental compartments. Her initial work focused mainly on the acquisition and preservation of kinetic and thermodynamic data and the study of colloids and natural organic matter in natural waters. Subsequently, her interests diversified to include the study of the chemistry and environmental fate of some less studied TCEs (Ta, Nb, Sb, Ge, Te) and of inorganic additives in plastics and their fate. She has published more than 230 scientific papers, book chapters, and books; has presented numerous papers at scientific meetings and international conferences; and has organized many sessions and special symposia in/for international conferences/meetings.

Soledad Cárdenas is Full Professor at the Department of Analytical Chemistry (University of Córdoba). Since 2016, she is the head of the Affordable and Sustainable Research Group. Her research interests have been deeply related to the synthesis and characterization of novel sustainable extractant phases to be exploited in sample treatment. The new materials include (ligno)cellulosic support which can be eventually modified with polymeric, nanostructured or composite layers. Recently, the analysis of the synthesized substrates by ambient mass spectrometry (either by direct infusion or paper spray) is under development. In the field of sample treatment, she is the coordinator of the national thematic network “Spanish Network for Sustainable Sample Preparation, President of the Sample Preparation-Specialized Group of the Spanish Society of Analytical Chemistry and member of the European Committee of the EuChemS-DAC Sample Treatment Study Group. Since January 2023, she is Editor of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry.

Marcone Augusto Leal de Oliveira graduated in Chemistry (1999), Bachelor of Philosophy (2019), Specialization in Computational Statistical Methods (2004), MBA in Business and Enterprises (2014) from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), PhD in Analytical Chemistry from University of São Paulo (2003) and Post-Doctorate in Chemometrics from the State University of Campinas (2008). He is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, where he coordinates the Analytical Chemistry and Chemometrics Group - GQAQ and is a CNPq Research Productivity Fellow - Level 1D. The main focus of GQAQ is the development and optimization of methods for capillary electrophoresis (CE-UV and CE-MS), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC-UV and HPLC-MS/MS) and gas chromatography (GC-FID and GC-MS) for applications in food analysis (lipids, carbohydrates), pharmaceuticals (drugs, cosmetics, phytochemicals), biofuels (biodiesel), metabolomics (phytochemicals and clinical diagnostics), petroleum, environmental area, in addition to carrying out research involving the preparation of new monolithic stationary phases for use in CE and nano-LC. In this context, he uses data science for experimental design, organization and univariate or multivariate statistical analysis of data. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Postgraduate Program in Chemistry-UFJF, the Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences-UFJF and the Postgraduate Program in Science and Technology of Milk and Milk Derivatives-UFJF, with a record of 35 Masters and 15 PhD graduates under his guidance, and more than 180 publications in national and international journals in his field. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the E-Journal of Chemistry and a reviewer for journals such as Química Nova, Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, Analytical Chemistry, Talanta, Analytical Methods, Analytica Chimica Acta, Electrophoresis, Journal of Chromatography A, among others. Since 2017 he has been a researcher at the National Institute of Science and Technology in Bioanalytics - INCT-Bioanalytics. ---------------------------- Emanuel Carrilho, FRSC, is a Full Professor at the University of São Paulo (USP) with a Master’s degree in Analytical Chemistry from USP (1990) with focus in instrumentation for supercritical fluid chromatography, and a Ph.D. from Northeastern University, Boston, USA (1997) in bioanalytical chemistry, helping in the development of DNA sequencing technologies that led to the sequencing of the Human Genome Project. Later, (2007-2009) he spent a sabbatical leave at Harvard University in the Whitesides Group, working on the emergence of microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (µPAD) and wax-printing. The Carrilho group, or BioMicS – Bioanalytical, Microfabrication, and Separations Group, develops new bioanalytical methods and instrumentation covering the broad aspects of genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics for human health, applied cell and microbiology in microfluidic platforms like organs-on-a-chip, searching for biomarkers for cancer, rare, and neglected diseases. Dr. Carrilho has supervised over 60 graduate students and a dozen of post-docs, has published about 200 papers with 9,000 citations, and an h index of 41. ----------------------- Marilia Oliveira Fonseca Goulart is a full professor at the Federal University of Alagoas (Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology). She graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, and received her PhD (13/10/1983) from the Chemistry Department, UFMG. She did post-doctoral studies in London, Münster, and Paris. She was a visiting professor (10/2004 – 04/2005; 03/2007- 04/2007; 09/2008) at École Normale Supérieure, Département de Chimie, Paris. She has published >220 articles (> 250 by Google Scholar), 18 Book Chapters, and 9 patents; more than twenty papers were cited more than 100 times, and 10 more than 200. Her main contributions concern Natural Products Chemistry, Molecular Bioelectrochemistry, and Oxidative Stress/cardiometabolic/ maternal/child diseases, areas where electrochemistry interfaced with organic chemistry and health sciences. Her group isolates and tests molecules with similar efficiencies against Oxidative Stress disorders (quinones- and nitro-aromatic-based compounds) from extracts of local plants and/or from synthesis. She coordinates the RENORBIO - Doctoral program in Biotechnology in Brazil since 2021.

Claudia Blindauer is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Warwick, UK. She graduated with a Diplom Chemie from the University of Freiburg, Germany, before moving to the University of Basel, Switzerland, where she worked with Prof. Helmut Sigel. For her post-doctoral work, she moved to the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, to work with Prof. Peter Sadler. At Warwick, she held the Royal Society Olga Kennard Fellowship from 2004 to 2009. Her research concerns structure, dynamics and function of proteins involved in metal (in particular zinc) homeostasis in a variety of biological systems, including bacteria, plants and animals. Her team’s biophysical (NMR spectroscopy and native ESI-MS), bioanalytical (metallomics and metalloproteomics), bioinformatics (genome mining and structural modelling) and cell culture approaches have given insights on zinc sensing, uptake and storage in cyanobacterial cells, discrimination between zinc and cadmium by plant and invertebrate metallothioneins, and mammalian blood plasma zinc speciation and its impact on cellular uptake into cells.

César Ricardo Teixeira Tarley is currently Full Professor at the State University of Londrina (UEL), where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses, in addition to supervising research projects (CNPq, Fundação Araucária do Paraná, FAPEMIG, CAPES, and FINEP). He is the Coordinator of the Advisory Committee of “Fundação Araucária-Paraná” in the Exact Sciences field, vice secretary of SBQ-Paraná, member of INCT-Bioanalytical, INCT-SP (psychoactive substances), NAPI-HC (hydrocarbons). He has experience in chemistry with emphasis on the development of solid-phase preconcentration systems using chemically imprinted polymers, nanomaterials, and mixed oxides as well as green liquid-liquid microextraction using chromatographic, electroanalytical, and spectroanalytical techniques. Currently, he is CNPq scholarship researcher level 1C, has published more than 260 papers, 23 chapter books, 13 patents, and supervised 30 master dissertations and 21 doctoral theses, 5 postdocs, and 75 undergraduate students. Tarley has h index of 41 by ISI and more than 5900 citations in the Web of Science and in the years (2022-2024) he has been ranked among the top 100 chemistry scientists in Brazil (Research.com).

Clésia Nascentes is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. She has experience in Analytical Chemistry and her main research topics are sample preparation, atomic spectrometry and chromatographic techniques, applied to forensic, food and environmental analysis. Dr. Nascentes is coordinator of the Minas Gerais Network of Forensic Sciences and vice coordinator of the National Institute of Science and Technology about Psychoactive Substances and member of the Brazilian Forensic Isotope Network. She authored over 90 published scientific articles (2000 citations), 6 patents and book chapters. She also advised dozens of master´s and doctorate students.

William R. de Araujo received both B.Sc. in Science & Technology and in Chemistry from the Federal University of ABC (UFABC) in 2011. He concluded his Ph.D. (2016) at the University of São Paulo (USP/São Paulo) with a short-term internship (2014) at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). He performed two years of postdoctoral research at USP/São Paulo. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Chemistry of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), where he coordinates the Portable Chemical Sensors Lab. His scientific interests are concentrated in the areas of sensors and biosensors, functional nanomaterials, fundamental and applied electrochemistry, digital colorimetry, wearable chemical sensors, diagnostics, paper-based analytical devices, and forensic methods.

Frank Vanhaecke received a PhD from Ghent University (UGent) in 1992. He carried out postdoctoral research at UGent and at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. Currently, he is Senior Full Professor in Analytical Chemistry at Ghent University, where he also leads the ‘Atomic & Mass Spectrometry – A&MS’ research group that is specialized in the determination, speciation and isotopic analysis of (ultra)trace elements via ICP-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). His group studies fundamentally-oriented aspects of the technique and develops methods for solving challenging scientific problems in interdisciplinary contexts. Frank is (co)author of close to 500 papers in peer-reviewed journals, collecting ca. 25,000 citations so far (h-index = 77) according to Google Scholar. He has also been the promotor of 51 successfully defended PhDs. In 2011, he received a ‘European Plasma Spectrochemistry Award’, in 2013, he was designated ‘Fellow of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy – SAS’ in 2017, he received the ‘Lester Strock Award’ from SAS and in 2023, he was selected for the ‘Theophilus Redwood award’ from the Royal Society of Chemistry RSC. Frank is a member of the editorial board of Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry – JAAS (of which he was the chair from June 2012 to June 2016) and of the international advisory board of Spectrochimica Acta – SAB. Currently, Frank is vice-president of the Department of Chemistry at UGent, member of the Executive Board of the university and chairman of the Business Development Center ChemTech.

Bachelor in physics from the Federal University of Córdoba (UNC), Argentina (1996) and PhD in Physics from the same University (2004). He is currently a researcher at the Brazilian National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS/CNPEM), leading the Carnaúba group that operates the Carnaúba (Coherent X-ray Nanoprobe) beamline of the new synchrotron light source, Sirius. He has been part of the LNLS team since 1997, starting their activities at the XRF Fluorescence beamline of the LNLS-UVX. His main areas of specialization are atomic and molecular physics and synchrotron radiation, with an emphasis on X-ray Fluorescence analysis (XRF), X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS), and advanced X-ray imaging techniques with synchrotron light. His main interest is in the use of micro and nanoscopic X-ray methods to tackle problems in agro-environmental sciences, biomedicine, toxicology, and materials science. He works mainly in research involving studies of trace elements in biological and plant tissues and soils, biogeochemistry of environmentally important trace elements, environmental toxicology, and nanotoxicology.

Always I was very motivated with chemistry, first was locking to minerals and rocks as an example of natural chemistry, and later focusing my interested in light, chemistry, and nanomaterials preparation. I commenced my academic journey by obtaining a degree in Chemistry, with a keen focus on Inorganic Chemistry, from the prestigious University of Santiago de Compostela (founded in 1495) in Spain. This foundation paved the way for my subsequent pursuit of a PhD in the same specialization, which I successfully completed in 1999 under the guidance of Prof. Rufina Bastida de la Calle and Prof. Adolfo Rodríguez Rodríguez. During this pivotal phase of my doctoral research, I had the privilege of collaborating with ITQB NOVA in Oeiras, Portugal. My research there primarily focused on the intricate thermodynamics of metal complexes. Additionally, I enriched my expertise by working alongside Prof. Fernando Pina at the Photochemistry and Supramolecular Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry FCT NOVA. Together, we explored the nuances of the spectroscopy and photochemistry of macrocyclic complexes and molecular devices. Upon completing my PhD, I transitioned to a post-doctoral role at FCT NOVA. This enriching period, which lasted until March 2003, was marked by my collaboration with Prof. Pina. Our joint endeavours were bolstered by several competitive grants, most notably the Marie Curie Grant associated with the Network Molecular Level Devices and Machines. From 2003 to 2008, I secured a position as an Assistant Researcher at REQUIMTE. In 2009, I was awarded the distinguished Isidro Parga Pondal Researcher-Lecturer position at the University of Vigo, Galicia, Spain. It was here that I laid the foundations for the Laboratory of Nanosynthesis, Chemosensors and Spectroscopy, which subsequently integrated into the renowned BIOSCOPE Research Group. 2012 marked my return to Portugal, where I took up the role of Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at FCT NOVA. Under my leadership, the Laboratory of Nanosynthesis, Chemosensors, and Spectroscopy witnessed significant expansion in terms of state-of-the-art equipment and a talented team of PhD students, post-docs, and researchers. My dedication and contributions to the field were recognised in 2017 when I achieved my Habilitation in Inorganic Analytical Chemistry. A year later, the depth of my expertise and the impact of my contributions to the Department of Chemistry were unequivocally acknowledged, culminating in my elevation to the position of Associate Professor. This promotion stands as a resounding affirmation of my unwavering dedication and significant contributions to the broader field of Chemistry. In January 2024 I got the upgrade to the Full Professor position in Chemistry. I was during these time Invited Professor and Researcher in the University Complutense of Madrid, University of Strasbourg in France, University of Bologna in Italy, University of Sao Paulo in Brazil among others. I have authored more than 300 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, amassing over 7482 citations by January 2024 (By Scopus & Google Scholar, H index = 45). A significant 60% of these articles have been featured in the first-quartile, high-impact journals. Notably, my work has been recognised in journals such as a ChemRev (IF: 72.087), Coord. Chem.Rev (IF: 24.833), J. Am. Chem Soc (IF: 14.695), J. Hazardous Materials (IF: 14.224), BCM Medicine (IF: 11.150), J Mat. Chem A (IF: 10.737), Biomaterials (IF: 10.273), Nano Research (IF: 10.269), J. Coll. Int. Sci. (IF: 9.965), and J. Mat. Chem. C (IF: 7.393). My scholarly contributions extend beyond research articles, with 28 editorial papers in prestigious peer-reviewed journals, 16 book chapters, and an additional 7 chapters authored by me. My editorial roles include positions at, Dyes and Pigments (Associate Editor), Journal of Integrated OMICS (Editor in Chief), and Materials (Editor in Chief Session)B. I have served on the editorial board for 63 books, ensuring their academic rigour and relevance. I have successfully guided 12 PhD students to completion, with an additional four currently under my supervision. I have mentored 12 postdoctoral researchers, overseen the professional growth of 5 researchers through various programs, and urtured the academic pursuits of 19 master´s students and 8 post-docs. In 2010, I played a pivotal role in founding the PROTEOMASS Scientific Society, a pioneering start-up dedicated to organizing international conferences, courses, and serving as a global mass spectrometry laboratory facility.

Miguel de la Guardia is Professor at Valencia University from 1991, has a 87 H index, 5 Spanish patents, 6 books (Elsevier, RSC and Wiley), has supervised 35 PhD thesis. Editor-in-chief of Microchemical Journal, member of the Editorial board of: Spectroscopy Letters, Ciencia, J. Braz. Chem. Soc., Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry and Chemical Speciation & Bioavailability, SOP Transactions on Nano-technology and Bioimpacts. Decorated as Chevallier dans l’ordre des Palmes Académiques by the Minister Council of France and Premio de Investigación of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ).

Prof. Boniek Gontijo Vaz holds a Bachelor´s degree from the Federal University of São Carlos (2007), a Master´s degree from the State University of Campinas (2009), and a Ph.D. in Science from the same university (2011). Presently, Prof. Boniek serves as an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Goiás. In addition to this role, he has been actively involved in the Latin America Association for Organic Geochemistry (ALAGO) as the General Secretary from 2018 to 2023 and is the president-elect for the biennium 2024-2026. He also contributes as an Associate Editor for the journal Química Nova and is a Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (JASMS). At the Federal University of Goiás, Prof. Boniek heads the Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory - LaCEM at IQ/UFG. The laboratory focuses on multiple research lines within the mass spectrometry field, including comprehensive characterization of petroleum, its derivatives, and related products in Petroleomics; employing polar compounds in Organic Geochemistry to understand geochemical processes; developing and applying ambient ionization sources; and pioneering in Chemical Imaging for assessing the spatial distribution of molecular targets in various matrices and surfaces. Prof. Boniek`s work encompasses a broad spectrum of applications and innovations in the field of mass spectrometry, contributing significantly to the scientific community.

Dr. Heidi’s scientific career of over twenty five years of experience on elemental and speciation analysis started with the award of a PhD from Oviedo University, Spain. Currently, she is a Science Fellow of LGC. She is also the Principal Scientist and Team Leader of the Inorganic Analysis team of seventeen PhDs and postgraduate scientists at the National Measurement Laboratory hosted at LGC. Her group expertise currently lies in trace element speciation analysis, metallomics research, the characterisation of nanomaterials, high accuracy isotope ratio analysis, quantitative elemental bio-imaging and the characterisation of “speciated” reference materials and standards. Heidi Goenaga-Infante is the chair of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. She is the UK representative at the Inorganic Analysis Working Group of the CCQM, the international Consultative Committee for Metrology in Chemistry. She is the Government Chemist representative on the Nanomaterials Environment and Health Government Group chaired by DEFRA and the LGC representative at ISO TC 24 (Particle characterisation). She is the EURAMET representative for inorganic analysis at the CCQM Key Comparison Working Group and a member of IUPAC. She has acted as the coordinator of the EU EUROPEAN Metrology Research Proposal (EMRP) NanoChop “Chemical, Optical and Biological characterisation of nanomaterials in biological samples”. Heidi was awarded the 2020 Lester W. Strock Award from SAS and more recently the 2023 European Award for Plasma Spectrochemistry. She is a Visiting Professor at Strathclyde University, UK.

Dr. Rodolfo Wuilloud graduated as a Bachelor in Chemistry from the Universidad Nacional del Litoral (1999) and as a Doctor in Chemistry from the Universidad Nacional de San Luis (2001). Between 2001 and 2005, he carried out his postdoctoral training at various institutions: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the University of Cincinnati (USA), the Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil), and the Institut für Spektrochemie und Angewandte Spektroskopie (ISAS) (Germany). He is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences of the National University of Cuyo (UNCUYO) and Principal Researcher of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Argentina. Currently, he is the Director of the Interdisciplinary Institute of Basic Sciences (ICB-CONICET UNCUYO) and the Director of the Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Research and Development (QUIANID). He is the author of 135 scientific articles and 8 chapters in international books (Scopus h-index=41; D-index=54), has been a speaker at prestigious scientific meetings, has presented more than 166 scientific papers at international and national conferences, has supervised 9 doctoral theses, oversees 7 doctoral students, and is the director of researchers from CONICET. He serves as a reviewer for scientific journals, evaluated many research projects, and has been member of doctoral and undergraduate thesis committees, teaching competition juries, CONICET evaluation committees, etc. He has received awards from the National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, the Bunge and Born Foundation, and the Houssay Award in Non-biological Chemistry, Earth and Water Sciences, and Astronomy. His research is focused on developing analytical methods to study the speciation of metals and metalloids using non-chromatographic and chromatographic techniques coupled with atomic spectrometry. He works on the development of new analytical separation and enrichment technologies for trace elements based on the application of advanced materials and solvents. The development of analytical techniques for extraction, preconcentration, and microscale separation follows the principles of "Green Chemistry" with the aim of creating highly efficient analytical methods that are more sustainable and useful for quality control laboratories of materials, environmental contaminant monitoring, and food safety.Jailson Bittencourt de Andrade, is a Full Professor at the Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) and Pro-Rector of prost-graduate studies and research at “Centro Universitário” SENAI-CIMATEC and CNPq Researcher since 1989 at level 1A. Graduated and Bachelor of Chemistry (UFBA), Master of Science (UFBA), Doctor of Science in Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry (PUC-RJ), he carried out post-doctoral studies at Brookhaven National Laboratory (NY-USA), was a visiting researcher at the Desert Research Institute (NV-USA) and was National Secretary of Research and Development Programs at MCTIC (2015-2017), where, among others, he coordinated the elaboration of the National Strategy for Science and Technology Science, Technology and Innovation for Economic and Social Development (2016-2022). He is a retired Full Professor at UFBA, but continues to work at UFBA under PROPAP and coordinates the Interdisciplinary Center for Energy and Environment (CIEnAm-UFBA).

Ricardo Erthal Santelli has a degree in Pharmacy from the Federal Fluminense University (1972), a Master´s degree in Chemistry (Inorganic Analytical Chemistry) from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (1978) and a PhD in Chemistry (Inorganic Analytical Chemistry) from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (1985). He completed a post-doctorate at the Universidad de Córdoba - Spain in 1988. He is a retired Full Professor of Environmental Geochemistry at the Federal Fluminense University – UFF since 1994. He has experience in the area of Chemistry, with emphasis on Atomic Spectrometry, Automation, Chromatographic Separation, Chemical Speciation Analysis and Environmental Geochemistry, working mainly on the following topics: metals and metalloids, proteins, continuous flow analysis, water and sediment quality and environmental contamination in soils, sediments and waters. He is currently Full Professor at the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He is “Cientista de Nosso Estado – FAPERJ” from 2002 to 2017 and from 2022 onwards. He is also a CNPq IB researcher, and was a member of the CA-QU of CNPq from 06/2009 to 07/2012 and is currently a member of the CA-QU as one of the members of the area of analytical chemistry with mandate until 06/25.Emanuel Carrilho, FRSC, is a Full Professor at the University of São Paulo (USP) with a Master’s degree in Analytical Chemistry from USP (1990) with focus in instrumentation for supercritical fluid chromatography, and a Ph.D. from Northeastern University, Boston, USA (1997) in bioanalytical chemistry, helping in the development of DNA sequencing technologies that led to the sequencing of the Human Genome Project. Later, (2007-2009) he spent a sabbatical leave at Harvard University in the Whitesides Group, working on the emergence of microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (µPAD) and wax-printing. The Carrilho group, or BioMicS – Bioanalytical, Microfabrication, and Separations Group, develops new bioanalytical methods and instrumentation covering the broad aspects of genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics for human health, applied cell and microbiology in microfluidic platforms like organs-on-a-chip, searching for biomarkers for cancer, rare, and neglected diseases.

Maria Valnice Boldrin Zanoni is a Full Professor at the Institute of Chemistry at São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara (1987), with a master’s and Ph.D. degree in chemical sciences from the University of São Paulo (USP) (1985, 1989) with a focus on electroanalysis and organic electrochemistry; a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC); a member of the Brazilian Academy of the State of São Paulo (ACIESP); Pro-Rector of Graduate Studies at UNESP (since 2021); with postdoctoral internships in analytical chemistry at the University of Loughborough, England (1992-1994), the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA (2002), and an academic visitor, Oxford University (2008), working on the electroanalysis of dyes, pharmaceutical compounds, and the photoelectrocatalysis oxidation of pollutants.

---------------------------- Emanuel Carrilho, FRSC, is a Full Professor at the University of São Paulo (USP) with a Master’s degree in Analytical Chemistry from USP (1990) with focus in instrumentation for supercritical fluid chromatography, and a Ph.D. from Northeastern University, Boston, USA (1997) in bioanalytical chemistry, helping in the development of DNA sequencing technologies that led to the sequencing of the Human Genome Project. Later, (2007-2009) he spent a sabbatical leave at Harvard University in the Whitesides Group, working on the emergence of microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (µPAD) and wax-printing. The Carrilho group, or BioMicS – Bioanalytical, Microfabrication, and Separations Group, develops new bioanalytical methods and instrumentation covering the broad aspects of genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics for human health, applied cell and microbiology in microfluidic platforms like organs-on-a-chip, searching for biomarkers for cancer, rare, and neglected diseases.

---------------------------- Jailson Bittencourt de Andrade, is a Full Professor at the Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) and Pro-Rector of prost-graduate studies and research at “Centro Universitário” SENAI-CIMATEC and CNPq Researcher since 1989 at level 1A. Graduated and Bachelor of Chemistry (UFBA), Master of Science (UFBA), Doctor of Science in Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry (PUC-RJ), he carried out post-doctoral studies at Brookhaven National Laboratory (NY-USA), was a visiting researcher at the Desert Research Institute (NV-USA) and was National Secretary of Research and Development Programs at MCTIC (2015-2017), where, among others, he coordinated the elaboration of the National Strategy for Science and Technology Science, Technology and Innovation for Economic and Social Development (2016-2022). He is a retired Full Professor at UFBA, but continues to work at UFBA under PROPAP and coordinates the Interdisciplinary Center for Energy and Environment (CIEnAm-UFBA).

Dr. Dirk Schaumlöffel has been a research professor at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) since 2011 working at the Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physicochemistry for Environment and Materials (IPREM) at the University of Pau, France. His scientific research focuses on analytic-chemical developments for essential and toxic trace element analysis in biological organisms. One of his main activities includes element imaging in biological cells and tissue by nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS) with applications in nutrition, environment, and toxicology. He graduated in chemistry from the Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany where he obtained his doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in 1995. After leaving the University of Marburg he continued his academic career as research scientist at the GKSS Research Center in Geesthacht, Germany, and in 2003 he entered the CNRS in France. From the University of Pau he obtained his habilitation in analytical chemistry and the title of a professor. Furthermore, Dirk Schaumlöffel is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, Advisory Editor of the Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals, General Secretary of the Federation of European Societies on Trace Elements and Minerals (FESTEM), and President of the German Society for Minerals and Trace Elements (GMS).

Dr. Daniel L. G. Borges is a professor and researcher at the “Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina”, in Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. His research topics include atomic and inorganic mass spectrometry focused on the investigation of spectrometric processes, alternative sample preparation strategies and sample introduction systems, including photochemical vapor generation. He has supervised over 30 students and has an h index of 30, with over 2,480 citations to his publications.

Dr. Manuel Miró is Full Professor in Analytical Chemistry at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) since 13th September 2017 at the age of 42. Since 2012 he is the Principal Investigator (IP) of the research group FI-TRACE (Flow Injection and Trace Analysis, www.fitrace.es) at UIB. He has conducted research stays at the Technical University of Berlin, Technical University of Denmark, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Science in Vienna, The University of Melbourne and Abo Akademi University in Finland. Since 2007 he is the Reviews Editor of Analytica Chimica Acta (ranked #2 in multi-scope analytical chemistry category, IF:6.911) and IUPAC member (subcommittee VI) on Chemical and Biophysical Process in the Environment. In 2020, he was appointed core member of the European Working Group on Sample Preparation from EuChemS-DAC (Division of Analytical Chemistry). He is also Associate Editor of the 3rd Edition of the Encyclopaedia of Analytical Sciences, Elsevier, since 2016. He has also been recently appointed Executive Editor of the journal Analytical Science by Springer. He has published 215 peer-reviewed publications including 12 book chapters in International Publishers and one preface since 2000, from which 25 articles in the top-tier Analytical Chemistry journal (ranked #1 in multi-scope analytical chemistry category, IF: 8.008) are worth mentioning. He has published 169 articles in Q1 journals of which 47 articles were in D1 (first decile) reporting innovative analytical platforms for trace analysis in the environmental domain. He has been the corresponding author of 108 articles, with a Hirsch (h) Index=42, a total number of citations of over 5600, and an average citations-article of 26. Dr. Miró has given 69 oral communications (54 as invited (Plenary or Keynote) and 6 as Opening Lecturer) in international on environmental science and analytical chemistry. He has also presented 176 poster communications in national and international conferences. Dr. Miró has supervised 10 PhD thesis (and 2 ongoing) at National and International Universities (2 co-supervised at the Universidade Federal de Bahia (Brazil), 2 at Technical University of Denmark, 1 at Chiang Mai University (Thailand), 1 at Mahidol University (Thailand) and 4 at UIB, all with European-International Distinction, and two of them as a sole supervisor). He has also supervised short research visits of 39 national and international students at UIB. He has participated in 34 national and international science research projects, with 18 projects as Principal Investigator. Dr. Miró has been awarded with the “FIA Award for Science” from the Japanese Association of Analytical Chemistry (2013) for "His Advances on Modern Flow Injection Analytical Methods, and Automatic Sample Processing"; and the “Career Award-2018” from Proteomass Scientific Society (Portugal) for “Outstanding contributions in the field of automation in analytical chemistry.

Orlando Fatibello-Filho holds a Bachelor´s degree in Chemistry from the Federal University of São Carlos (1976), a Master s degree in Chemistry (Physical Chemistry) from the University of São Paulo (1980), a PhD in Chemistry (Analytical Chemistry) from the University of São Paulo (1985), Lecturer in Analytical Chemistry by the IQ of USP (2000), post-doctorate in the Group of Prof. G. G. Guilbault from the Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, LA, USA (1987-1989), Visiting Full Professor at 0% in the Chemistry Department of the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies of the University of Coimbra (2008-2009). Hired in 1976 as an Assistant Professor, he has been a Full Professor at the Federal University of São Carlos since 2003. He was director of the SBQ Analytical Chemistry Division, on the editorial board of Química Nova and is from the editorial board of Anal. Lett. since 2005. Member of ACIESP (São Paulo State Academy of Sciences) since 2012, awarded 2nd. place in the ABEU award with the book: “Equilíbrio Iônico-Aplicações em Química Analítica” in the category of Natural and Mathematical Sciences in 2017, finalist for the 2020 Jabuti award with the book: “Potenciometria-Aspectos Teóricos e Práticos” and Member of CA-CNPq (2017-2020). He has more than 345 articles (h = 55), 9 book chapters and 08 published books, has already supervised 39 master´s students and 36 doctoral students, more than 80 IC students and supervised 25 postdoctoral. The researcher ranked 198th in the Ranking of scientists in Brazilian Institutions according to their GSC | Web Ranking of Universities and in the list of the most influential Brazilian researchers in world science (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918). His current research interests include fabrication and application of (un)modified electrochemical sensors, application of deep eutectic solvents in analytical chemistry and application of boron-doped diamond electrode in analytical methods.

Érico M. M. Flores has a permanent position at Federal University of Santa Maria/Brazil (since 1991), performing research and teaching activities as a Titular Professor. He was the Director (2010-2012) and vice-Director (2008-2010) of Analytical Chemistry Division of Brazilian Chemical Society. He has experience in analytical chemistry, ultrasound and microwave applications, development of methods for sample preparation, speciation analysis and quality control of environmental samples, pharmaceutical and other industrial products using atomic spectrometry and ion chromatography. He is a reviewer for more than 50 international scientific journals. He is a representative member of several national and international committees as International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry/IUPAC, International Conference of Harmonization/ICH, European Society of Sonochemistry/ESS, China-Latin America Agricultural Education and Research Innovation Alliance (CLAERIA, China), among others. He was a member of many funding institutions, editor of scientific journals as BrJAC and Ultrasonics Sonochemistry and national and international boards as Scientific Director of FAPERGS (2014-2018), and the Coordinator of the International Affairs Office of UFSM and responsible by the international cooperations with foreign nations involving scientific, technological, and academic cooperation (2018-2022), National Deliberative Council of Brazilian Pharmacopoeia (ANVISA, since 2002), Deputy Director-General of China-Latin America Agricultural Education and Research Innovation Alliance (CLAERIA, China, since 2021) and Associate Member of Analytical Chemistry Division of IUPAC (since 2020). More than 34 students have received the PhD and more than 55 have received the MS degree under his supervision. He has many patents and developed a new system of microwave induced combustion that is currently commercialized in more than 50 countries and h-index of 47 with over 9,000 citations. He has received many international awards and recognitions as the Medal Ioannes Marcus Marci from the Slovak Society of Spectroscopy and the Golden Jubilee Visiting Fellowship Endowment from the Chemical Institute of Technology (Mumbai, India).'

Bruno Campos Janegitz received the Ph.D. degree from the Federal University of São Carlos (SP, Brazil), in 2012. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of São Paulo between 2012 and 2014. At present, he is Professor at the Federal University of São Carlos. His research interests include electroanalytical chemistry, nanostructured electrode materials and modified electrode surfaces, electrochemical sensors, and biosensors for medical and environmental analysis.

Prof. Tamara García-Barrera holds a degree in environmental sciences and chemistry. She obtained her PhD (2005) from the University of Huelva and the habilitation as full professor in Analytical Chemistry in 2014 and the position in 2018 at the same university. Her research interests focus on food analysis and biomedicine. She is expert in the development of new analytical tools for sample preparation (miniaturized techniques, membrane-based extraction techniques) and analysis (metallomics, heteroatom-tagged proteomics, chemical speciation, metabolomics). Her current studies are related with functional foods enriched in selenium, the antagonistic action of selenium against pollutants, the mother-offspring transfer of trace metals, metabolites and microbiota and their influence on the gut(enteromammary gland)-brain axis. She has supervised 16 PhD students and is the author of ~150 scientific papers in international indexed journals. The h index is 34.

Dr. Amauri Antonio Menegário is a Researcher Level II at the Centre for Environmental Studies (CEA/UNESP, Rio Claro, Brazil) and a Professor at the Graduate Program in Geosciences and Environment (Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences, Rio Claro), São Paulo State University (UNESP). Currently, he is the Executive Director of CEA/UNESP. Amauri obtained his Ph.D. degree in Science at the University of São Paulo (1998), Master degree in Analytical Chemistry (1994) at the University of São Paulo and undergraduate degree in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Ribeirão Preto (1988). His research interests are focused on analytical methods development mainly for biogeochemistry subjects.

Dr. Cassiana Montagner is Associate Professor from Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas (IQ-UNICAMP) in Brazil. She has experience in Environmental Chemistry, focusing on Emerging Contaminants and Microplastics acting on the following subjects: surface and drinking waters quality, aquatic ecotoxicology, sewage and drinking water treatments, and development and validation of analytical methods for the determination of trace organic contaminants in natural waters. Dr. Cassiana C. Montagner is coordinator for Environmental Chemistry Laboratory and is former director of Environmental Chemistry Division of the Brazilian Chemistry Society.

Jose Alberto Fracassi da Silva graduated in Chemistry from the Sao Paulo State University in 1996, where he also received his PhD in Analytical Chemistry in 2001. This was followed by a postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Integrated Systems, in Polytechnic School in the University of Sao Paulo. In 2004, he obtained a position at State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. In 2010, he was a visiting scholar at The Ralph Adams Institute for Bioanalytical Chemistry, University of Kansas (USA). At present he is Associate Professor at Chemistry Institute and the Head of the Analytical Chemistry Department. His main research interests are focused on bioanalytical applications involving oxygen and nitrogen reactive species, instrumentation and methods for capillary electrophoresis, and microfabrication strategies and materials for lab on a chip microsystems and integrated sensors.

Victor G. Mihucz is currently Associate Professor at the Institute of Chemistry of ELTE - Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. He is an environmental analytical chemist. He obtained his PhD degree in Analytical Chemistry at ELTE, in 2002 and since 2014 he is Dr. habil. at the same university. He has authored 88 SCI articles with a Hirsch Index of 21 and 1497 independent citations He was co-editor of an Instrumental Analysis book in Hungarian. He is Editorial Board member for the Microchemical Journal and Applied Spectroscopy Reviews and Associate Editor of the Brazilian Journal of Analytical Chemistry. He has been secretary of the Scientific Committee for Analytical and Environmental Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 2018, member of the Executive Board of the Hungarian Chemical Society (HCS) since 2019 and president of the Spectrochemical Association of HCS also since 2019.

Márcia Andreia Mesquita Silva da Veiga is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences, and Letters of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil. She has a degree in Chemistry (Federal University of Amazonas, 1991), a master’s in physical chemistry, and a doctoral in Analytical Chemistry (Federal University of Santa Catarina, 1996 and 2000), and post-Doc in Analytical Chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo (2005). Leads the research group L.Q.A.I.A. (Laboratory of Applied Instrumentation and Analytical Chemistry), and nowadays, is coordinator of the professional master’s degree in Chemistry (PROFQUI) at the University of São Paulo. She works mainly with optical techniques for trace and isotopic analysis. Her current research focus is on sample preparation procedures, detection and quantification of nanomaterials and their application, bioaccessibility assays in foods and soils, the potential of high-resolution graphite furnace molecular absorption spectrometry for elemental and isotopic analysis, detection and quantification of gunshot residues, and new technological approaches to chemistry teaching.

Fabio Augusto is currently Full Professor of the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas (IQ-Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brazil. Works in the area of analytical separations, and his research is based on the development of comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GCxGC) instrumentation and methodologies combining this tool with extraction microtechniques and chemometrics for bioanalytical chemistry, and metabolomic, petroleomic, forensic, and food & beverage analysis applications.

Dr. Mesko is a full professor at Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), and an affiliate member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and a titular member of the Brazilian Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 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 2012, JAAS-2018 Emerging Investigator Lectureship, 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 (2019). She was the Director of Analytical Chemistry Division of Brazilian Chemical Society. She is editorial board member of the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. She has presented national and international invited lectures, published more than 100 peer reviewed international papers, patents and book chapters in these fields. She has experience in the development of methods for food, pharmaceutical, and biological analysis using ion chromatography and atomic spectrometry techniques.

Prof. Dr. Pablo Roberto Richter Duk is Full Professor at the University of Chile and current Academic Director of the Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FCPS) at the University of Chile. He has been the Director of the two Internationalization projects of the FCPS (periods 2016–2018 and 2020–2022).

This webinar aims at presenting the major points in Analytical Quality by Design, focusing in Design of Experiments methods for analytical method development in liquid/supercritical fluid chromatography, seeking complete chromatographic separation. Moreover, other chemometrics methods such as curve resolution will be introduced for situations when the complete chromatographic separation cannot be achieved.

Prof. Dr. António O. S. S. Rangel is a Full Professor at the “Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa” (ESB-UCP), Porto, Portugal. Presently, he is President of the Scientific Board of ESB-UCP and member of the Directive Board of the Research Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry, CBQF.

Prof. Dr. Thiago R.L.C. Paixão received a BSc (2001), MSc (2004), and Ph.D. (2007), followed by a postdoctoral fellowship between 2008 and 2009 working with electronic tongue devices at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of São Paulo. He was then appointed as an Assistant Professor at the University Federal of ABC where he stayed for two years. In 2011, he was hired as an assistant professor at the University of São Paulo and promoted to Associate Professor in 2016. At the beginning of 2018, he was nominated as an affiliate member of the Brazilian Academy of Science as a promising young researcher. His fields of interest include chemical sensors, paper-based devices, and electronic tongues aiming at in-field analytical applications.

Obtained his bachelor’s degree by the Federal University of Alfenas and his doctorate by the University of Campinas. Currently, he is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Alfenas. He was Associate Dean of Research and Post-Graduate Studies, and Coordinator of Research at the Federal University of Alfenas from 2015 to 2018; member of the Health Sciences Advisory Chamber of FAPEMIG from 2015 to 2017; has oriented 14 scientific initiation students, 15 master´s degrees, 4 doctorates, and supervised 2 post-docs; has 69 papers accepted/published in peer-reviewed journals, in addition to about 1155 citations and H factor 20 (source: Web of Science); holds 5 patents, two of which have been granted; he is the author of 7 book chapters and editor of the book “Preparo de Amostras para Análise de Compostos Orgânicos” (Publisher: LTC, Grupo Gen, 2015).

J. L. Capelo, PhD, gets his bachelor’s degree in chemistry by the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), his doctorate in Analytical Chemistry by University of Vigo, UVIGO (Spain, award to the best doctoral thesis 2002) and his Post-Doc from the Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa (Portugal). His academic career comprises assistant to staff and lecturer at the UVIGO; research fellow at the Chemistry Department of the New University of Lisbon, CD-FCT-UNL, research fellow at the CD-UVIGO, and assistant professor at the CD-FCT-UNL.

George L. Donati is currently an Associate Research Professor at the Department of Chemistry of Wake Forest University, teaching analytical chemistry courses and directing a research program in analytical instrumentation for trace element analysis. George received his M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry at the Federal University of São Carlos (SP, Brazil, 2006) and PhD in Chemistry at Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC, EUA, 2010). His research at WFU focuses on the development of portable instrumentation and novel calibration methods for spectrochemical analysis, as well as the use of atomic spectrometry and advanced statistical tools to diagnose and understand diseases.

Wendell Karlos Tomazelli Coltro is currently Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of Chemistry at the Federal University of Goiás, Brazil. His work is mainly focused on analytical instrumentation, microfabrication, microfluidics, electrophoresis, electrochemical detection and forensic chemistry. Recently, he has been working on the microfabrication of analytical and microfluidic tools by 3D printing.

Marco Tadeu Grassi is graduated in Chemistry, with a Masters in Analytical Chemistry and a PhD in Environmental Chemistry from UNICAMP and a post-doctorate from the University of Delaware (USA), where he was a guest professor in the Graduate Program in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources. He was a visiting professor at the Federal University of Maranhão and since August 1998 he has been a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Federal University of Paraná, where he currently serves as the department head for the second time. He is a member of the editorial board of Química Nova and of the Brazilian Journal of Analytical Chemistry, review editor of Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry and reviewer of several scientific journals.

Maria Montes-Bayón is a Full Professor in Analytical Chemistry in the Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry at the University of Oviedo (Spain) since December 2017.

Renato Zanella has been working since 1994 in the Department of Chemistry at the Federal University of Santa Maria, RS, where he is Full Professor since 2014. His research projects are mainly focused on the development of analytical methods for the residue determination of pesticides, veterinary drugs, pharmaceuticals and emerging pollutants in food and environmental samples by GC-MS/MS, LC-MS/MS, SPE and QuEChERS, among others. He is the Coordinator of the Laboratory for Analysis of Pesticide Residues (LARP) and leader of the Research Group of the Research Center for Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry (CPCEM) created in 2001, being responsible for several projects in the area of residues and contaminants in food, environmental and industrial samples.