Douglas N Rutledge is Emeritus Professor at AgroParisTech in Paris, where he was until 2017 Director of the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory. His research interests cover chemometrics, spectroscopy, chromatography and their application to the characterization of a wide range of materials, including agricultural, food, forensics, and pharmaceuticals. His work has resulted in the publication of over 220 refereed journal papers, 430 conference communications and 20 book chapters mainly on the development and application of novel chemometrics methods.