**About the Editor**

#### **Maria Pieri**

Prof. Maria Pieri graduated in Industrial Chemistry in 2000 at the University of Naples "Federico II" (Italy). In 2004, Prof. Maria Pieri completed the Ph.D. course in Occupational Medicine, Environmental Hygiene, and Ergonomics at the University of Bari (Italy), with a final thesis on "Urinary mercapturic acids as exposure biomarkers for assessing occupational exposure to genotoxic agents".

Since 2021, Prof. Pieri has been Associate Professor and directs the Forensic Toxicology Laboratory of the Department of Advanced Biomedical Science, Legal Medicine Section of the University of Naples "Federico II". Since 2018, Prof. Pieri has been the executive of the forensic laboratory of the "Federico II" Hospital of Naples. Since 2011, Prof Pieri has been a member of the Italian Forensic Toxicologist Association, now part of the Board of the same Association, as National Secretary. Since 2019, Prof. Pieri has been a member of the International Academy of Legal Medicine (IALM).

The research activity is documented by several articles published in both international peer-reviewed journals, Italian journals, and conference proceedings. The research activity has been focused on the characterization/quantitative determination of biological molecules and macromolecules by means of Liquid and Gas Chromatography coupled with Mass Spectrometry or other detectors such as UV-VIS, Fluorescence, Flame Ionization, and Electron Capture. In particular, the area of expertise comprises:






