Luca Nunzio Francioso received a degree in physics from the University of Lecce, Lecce, Italy, in 2001, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Lecce, in 2006. Since 2001, he has been with the Institute for Microelectronic and Microsystems (IMM), Italian National Research Council (CNR), Lecce, working in the field of silicon micromachined systems and solid state thin-film chemical sensors, where he has been a permanent Staff Researcher since 2003, devoted to silicon technology development and micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) device fabrication. He is currently the Head of the Multifunctional Devices Design and Characterization Laboratory (M2DCL), CNR-IMM. His current research interests include flexible thermoelectric and piezoelectric generators, design and manufacturing of semiconductor-based chemical sensors, and organ-on-chip platforms. He has co-authored many peer-reviewed papers on national and international journals, two book chapters, and several communications to national and international conferences as regular and invited talks.