Alexandra Palla-Papavlu has been a Senior Researcher at the National Institute for Laser, Plasma, and Radiation Physics, Magurele-Ilfov, Romania, since 2016. She completed her Ph.D. studies in Physics at the University of Craiova, Romania. From 2011 to 2012, she served as a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Barcelona. Her research interests are LIFT, sensors, chemoreceptors, thin films, MAPLE, and PLD.