Dr. Stefano Legnaioli obtained his degree in Physics from the University of Pisa (UNIPI), his PhD degree in Chemical Sciences from the University of Florence, and his Master’s degree in Innovation and Knowledge Transfer (MIT) from the School of Management MIP, Politecnico di Milano. He is currently a Senior Researcher at ICCOM-CNR. His research interests include spectroscopic techniques (LIBS, Raman, SERS, XRF, multispectral imaging) applied to Cultural Heritage (pigment and dye analysis, analysis of ceramics, archaeo-metallurgy, bronzes, golden jewels, control of laser cleaning processes, analysis of paper and manuscripts), environmental science (quantitative analysis of pollutants in industrial smoke, analysis of polluted soils and water), biomedicine (hair mineral content analysis by LIBS, SERS analysis of exosomes) and material characterization (quantitative analysis of metallic alloys, aluminium alloys, steels, study of semiconductors, gold karat determination in precious alloys), as well as monitoring of industrial processes.