Massimo Del Bubba is an Associate Professor in Analytical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Florence, Italy. He graduated in Chemistry in 1996 and obtained his PhD in “Environmental Sciences” in 2000. He is the author of 142 papers published in "peer-reviewed" international journals indexed on Scopus with 4705 citations and an H-index of 37. His teaching disciplines include Environmental Chemistry and Environmental Analytical Chemistry. His research interests mainly include the development and application of different methods of extraction of organic compounds from the matrix and their analysis using gas and liquid chromatography coupled with various types of mass analysers. These techniques have been successfully used for method development and application in multiple areas, including various environmental matrices (e.g., wastewater, environmental water, and sludge), foods (e.g., fruits, clams, and fish) and biological fluids (i.e., human milk, urine, and blood). He is President of the Tuscany Section of the Italian Chemical Society and a member of the Editorial Office of the journal “Separations”. He is and has been the coordinator of the European Research Project in the ERANET-MED and FOSC Partnerships.