Andrea Lucotti was born in 1976 in Milano (Italy). He graduated in Materials Engineering in 2001 and he obtained his PhD in Materials Engineering in 2005. He is assistant professor in Materials Science and Technology at Politecnico di Milano. His research interests focus on nanomaterials, pi-conjugated advanced materials, vibrational spectroscopy and molecular sensing. He is author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and a WO patent. The updated list of publications is available at the public ORCID site: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2148-1408