Dr. Aimé Lay-Ekuakille received the first M.D. in Electronic Engineering (control technology and automation) from the University of Bari, Bari, Italy, in 1988, the second M.D. in Clinical Engineering from the University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy, in 2002, a M.D. (h.c.) in Environmental Management and Sanitation from IFAD Institute, Kinshasa, DRC in 2020, and a Ph.D in Electronic Engineering from the Polytechnic of Bari, in 2001. He is a Professor at the Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, and the Director of Instrumentation and Measurement Lab I. He is the Chairman of Imeko TC19 on Environmental Measurements, Chairman of IEEE IMS TC34 on Instrumentation and Measurement in Nanotechnology, and Chairman of the Nanosensors TC within the Italian chapter of IEEE Sensors Council. He is/was a Visiting and Adjunct Professor at different international universities, namely, MMU of Kenya, Chemnitz Technical University (Germany), ISTA University (DRC), Panamerican University in Aguascalientes (Mexico), VUB - Free University of Brussels (Belgium), University of Navarra (Spain).