ADDITIONAL TITLES

Member of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI, card number 13779);

Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS, card number 30617260), Member of the Italian Society of Toxicology (Sitox), Member of the Italian Society of Phytochemistry (SIF).

**Angela Tartaglia** obtained her master's degree in Pharmacy in March 2018 from the University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti (Italy) with a research thesis on "FPSE-HPLC-DAD method for the quantification of anticancer drugs in human whole blood, plasma, and urine". From March 2018 to June 2018 she joined the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki—School of Chemistry—Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for additional work on microextraction procedures and method validation focused on food products. Since November 2018 she has been a Ph.D. candidate at University "G. d'Annunzio", Chieti (Italy).

Her Ph.D. research activity is focused on the optimization of new protocols for sample preparation (MEPS, FPSE, MIP) and the validation of new analytical methods for the qualitative and quantitative determination of small drugs in complex matrices, mostly biological fluids (plasma, urine, whole blood, saliva). Another of her research interests concerns natural products and the study of biologically active products from plants with beneficial properties for human health, mostly phenolic compounds due to their positive impact on health by reducing the risk of cardiovascular.

**Dora Melucci** obtained her Master of Science in Chemistry at the University of Bologna, with a thesis entitled "Determination of polypeptides by HPLC". She obtained a Master in Chemical Methodologies for Control and Analysis at the University of Bologna, with a thesis entitled "The gravitational field-flow fractionation technique (GrFFF). Fractionation and absolute quantitative analysis of particulate in dispersion". Finally, she obtained her Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences at the University of Ferrara, with a thesis entitled "Characterization of polymers by means of thermal field-flow fractionation (ThFFF) using decalin as a solvent".

She was an Appointed Researcher and Assistant Professor in 1999 (branch Analytical Chemistry) at the Department of Chemistry "Giacomo Ciamician", School of Sciences, University of Bologna.

Her research interests have been focused on the following: Separation science: FFF of macromolecules in solution and dispersed micro-particles. Standardless and absolute analysis in ETA-AAS and HPLC. ThFFF of industrial polymers in collaboration with industry. Flow-FFF and GrFFF of real samples (starch, yeast, metal nanoparticles for bio-static materials), miniaturization of the separation tool, cell-sorting, hyphenation of FFF with chemiluminescence, development of multi-analyte competitive immuno-enzymatic methods using dispersed nano-particles and micro-particles. In the framework of these subjects, she was the Coordinator of the Local Unity of Bologna in a National project (PRIN) entitled "Microfluidic separation of nanosystems".

Since 2005, she has been conducting an autonomous research line, with basic keyword: chemometrics. The topic concerns the application of chemometrics to the development and validation of innovative analytical methodologies, with a focus on direct and non-altering methods of analysis. The fields of application are food, environment, pharmaceutics, forensics, biotechnology, and cultural heritage. The analytical techniques employed are AAS, NIR, Voltammetry, Raman, GC, LC-MS, and FT-IR, XRD. As of May 2020, her work has produced 76 articles, 20 contributions in books, and over 100 communications in national and international meetings, with h-index = 17.

Between 2002–2020, she has had teaching responsibility in Analytical Chemistry, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Law, Principles of Quality and Safety (Bachelor in Chemistry); Chemometrics (Master of Science in Chemistry); Chemometrics for Forensic Analysis

(Master in Forensic Chemical and Chemical-Toxicological Analysis).

She also holds the following academic roles: Local Coordinator for the University of Bologna of the National Ministerial Project for high-school student guidance (Scientific Degrees Plan), and the Department Delegate for university student tutoring.

**Abuzar Kabir** is a Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA. His research focusses on the synthesis, characterization, and applications of novel sol-gel derived advanced material systems in the form of chromatographic stationary phases, surface coatings of high-efficiency microextraction sorbents, nanoparticles, microporous and mesoporous functionalized sorbents, molecularly imprinted polymers for analyzing trace and ultra-trace level concentration of polar, medium polar, nonpolar, ionic analytes, heavy metals, and organometallic pollutants from complex sample matrices. His inventions, fabric phase sorptive extraction (FPSE), dynamic fabric phase sorptive extraction (DFPSE), capsule phase microextraction (CPME), molecular imprinting technology, superpolar sorbents, in-vial microextraction (IVME), sol-gel based reversed-phase LC stationary phases and SPE sorbents, organic polymeric LC stationary phases and SPE sorbents, synthesis of mesoporous silica and its application in reversed-phase LC stationary phases and SPE sorbents have drawn global attention. He has developed and formulated numerous high-efficiency sol-gel hybrid inorganic–organic sorbents based on Silicon, Titanium, Zirconium, Tantalum, Germanium chemistries. Dr. Kabir has authored 18 patents, 10 book chapters, 70 journal articles, and 125 conference papers. His recent inventions, Biofluid Sampler (BFS) and Universal Biofluid Sampler (UBFS) are capable of handling whole blood (5–1000 μL) without any sample pre-treatment for chromatographic separation and analysis. These technologies will likely change the current practices of blood analysis in the near future.

**Halil Ibrahim Ulusoy** received his Master's Degree in 2007 and his Doctorate Degree in 2012 on the field of Analytical Chemistry. He is a Full Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Pharmacy (Sivas/TURKEY) since 2015. He is a member of the Turkish Chemical Society. His research interests are in the development of new analytical methodologies for trace organic and inorganic species in the food samples, pharmaceutical samples, and biological matrices. His research activity is devoted to the development and validation of chromatographic and spectroscopic methods for trace determination of biologically active molecules and elements in complex matrices cosmetics, foods, and environmental samples. Recently, his academic studies are particularly focused on easy applicable and reliable determination drug active ingredients such as antibiotics, antidepressants, pesticides, and vitamins.

More than 65 manuscripts, 96 congress communications, 5 chapters in scientific books, and gues<sup>t</sup> editor for 4 special issues attested scientific activity (based on Scopus (9th of June 2020), h-index 18, 55 papers, 653 citations). He's is Editorial Board member of the journal *Current Analytical Chemistry*, *Journal of Quality Assurance and Pharma Analysis (IJQAPA)*, *Pharmaceutica Analytica Acta*, *Asian Journal of Medicinal and Analytical Chemistry*. He is one of the chief editors of the *Cumhuriyet Science Journal*.

**Victoria Samanidou** was born on the 11th of January 1963, in Thessaloniki, Greece. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry, in 1985, from the Chemistry Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. From 20-7-86 to 25-8-86 she was at the Institute of Ecological Chemistry, in GSF, Attaching/Freising, Germany, for additional work on her Ph.D. Thesis, as well as research work on Photochemistry and the study of photodecomposition products of chlorophenols by HPLC-Diode array and GC-MS. From 15-7-87 to 4-9-87 she was at the Institute of Ecological Chemistry, in GSF, Neuherberg-Munich, Germany, for additional work on her Ph.D. Thesis, as well as research work on carbamate analysis by HPLC and GC-MS. From 1-7-88 to 30-9-88 she was at the Institute of Ecological Chemistry, in GSF, Neuherberg-Munich, Germany, for additional work on her Ph.D. Thesis, as well as research work on controlled release of pesticides by HPLC and GC-MS.

In 1990, she obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Chemistry from the Department of Chemistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The topic of her thesis was "Distribution and mobilization of heavy metals in waters and sediments from rivers in Northern Greece". In the same year, Dr. Samanidou joined the Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, in the Department of Chemistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, as a Technical Assistant. Nine years later she was appointed as a Lecturer in the Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 2007, she joined the Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry in Graz Technical University, for four months, developing methods by LC-MS/MS. Since 2015, Dr. Samanidou is a Full Professor in the Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, where she currently servesasDirectoroftheLaboratory.

Dr. Samanidou has authored and co-authored more than 170 original research articles in peer-reviewed journals and 45 reviews and 50 chapters in scientific books, with H-index 36 (Scopus June 2020, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8493-1106, Scopus Author ID 7003896015) and ca 3500 citations. She has supervised four Ph.D. Theses, 24 postgraduate Diploma Theses, 2 postdoc researchers, and more than 15 undergraduate Diploma Theses. She has served as a Member of 10 advisory Ph.D. committees, 21 examination Ph.D. committees, and 32 examination committees for postgraduate Diploma Theses. She is a member of the editorial board of more than 10 scientific journals and she has reviewed ca 500 manuscripts in more than 100 scientific journals. She was also a gues<sup>t</sup> editor in more than 10 Special Issues in scientific journals. She has served as an Academic Editor for *Separations* MDPI, as Regional editor in *Current Analytical Chemistry* and as Editor-in-Chief of *Pharmaceutica Analytica Acta*.

Her research interests include the following: 1. Development and validation of analytical methods for the determination of inorganic and organic substances using chromatographic techniques. 2. Development and optimization of methodologies for sample preparation of various samples, e.g., food and biological fluids. 3. Study of new chromatographic materials used in separation and sample preparation (polymeric sorbents, monoliths, carbon nanotubes, fused core particles, etc.) compared to conventional materials.

She was also a Member of the organizing and scientific committee in 20 scientific conferences.

Since December 2015, Dr. Samanidou has been President of the Steering Committee of the Division of Central and Western Macedonia of the Greek Chemists' Association. In November 2018, she was re-elected to serve in the same leading position for 3 more years.

A milestone in her career was when she was included in the top 50 power list of women in Analytical Science in 2016, as proposed by Texere Publishers.
