Linda Monaci has a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the Italian National Research Council-Institute of Sciences of Food Production, ISPA. Her educational experience is a Ph.D. in the Sciences and Technologies of Food Production, Division of Microbiology, Department of Food Science, University of Naples Federico II, from October 2002 to June 2005. Her career experience is as a researcher at the Sciences and Technologies of Food Productions, Division of Microbiology, Department of Food Science, University of Naples Federico II, from June 2007, and Senior Researcher at the Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council (CNR) from January 2020 to present. Her research direction is developing and applying culture-dependent and independent nucleic acid-based methods to identify and quantitatively detect and type food-associated pathogenic bacteria. In addition, she is renowned in the field of Analytical Chemistry. She has served as a member with a permanent position as a Researcher at the Institute of Sciences of Food Production-National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISPA) (a non-profit public body/governance research organization).