Luigi Mondello is full professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Messina, Italy. His research is focussed on the development of multidimensional chromatographic instrumentation and software (GC×GC, LC×LC, LC-GC×GC, LC-GC-GC-GC-prep.), coupled to state-of-the-art MS, for the study of complex matrices constituents and contaminants. He is the author of around 500 scientific papers and 1000 conference presentations, with an H-index of 61 (Google Scholar) and a total impact factor of 1000. The Analytical Scientist Magazine has included him in one of the top ten worldwide scientists in the field of Separation Science and has been awarded with the HTC Award, COLACRO Medal, Silver Jubilee Medal, Liberti Medal, TASIAs, IFEAT Medal, GC×GC Lifetime Achievement, Golay Award, Robert Kellner Lecture and the Herbert J. Dutton Award. He is the editor of Journal of Essential Oil Research Analytical and bioanalytical Chemistry, Food Analytical Methods.