Donatella Albanese is an Associate Professor at the University of Salerno, Department of Industrial Engineering. She has devoted her research field to the optimization and innovation of food technologies. Her research activities are focused on the shelf-life extension of food products, the optimization and process innovation for the food industry, and the development of biosensors for the monitoring and control of food quality. Professor Albanese is the author of more than 177 scientific papers, 88 of them published in ISI/Scopus journals.