Rudolf J. Schneider is an analytical chemist. He studied chemistry at the Technische Universität München and did his PhD with Professor Niessner, starting to work on antibody-based analytical methods. He joined University of Bonn from 1993 to 2005, where he did his habilitation in Agroecology/Environmental Chemistry. In 2006, he changed to the Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing, BAM, in Berlin, leading a research group on environmental analysis with one focus on immunoanalytical methods. He has published more than 100 research papers. His interests are in antibody production and application in portable methods for the analysis/diagnostics of environment, food, and health.