Dr. Antonio Simonetti is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA. Before joining the University of Notre Dame, he worked as a Faculty Services Officer at the University of Alberta from 2003 to 2008, and as a Research Associate at the University of Quebec at Montreal from 1999 to 2003. He obtained his B.S. and M.S. from McGill University in 1986 and 1989, respectively, and his Ph.D. from Carleton University in 1994. Dr. Simonetti possesses research expertise in deciphering and identifying the chemical and isotopic signatures for a variety of both natural and manufactured materials for forensic analysis and source attribution purposes. His research interests include investigation of bulk samples and in-situ, high spatial resolution analyses of natural samples and anthropogenic materials in the fields of nuclear forensics, geochronology, bioarchaeology, mantle geochemistry, igneous petrology, and environmental pollution.