Luciano Chaves Arantes is a forensic scientist and researcher. He graduated in Biological Sciences from Universidade de Brasília (1991) and earned a Master's degree in Forensic Science from King's College London (2004). He worked as a forensic expert for the Polícia Civil do Distrito Federal, Brasil, for over 30 years. During his tenure, he was responsible for analyzing seized materials, discovering and characterizing new psychoactive substances, developing screening methods, incorporating new analytical techniques into forensic chemistry and toxicology routines, and developing and validating analytical methods to expand the analytical scope of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry equipment for forensic analytes. Recently, his studies have focused on revising and integrating controlled substance screening and identification routines to maximize the structural information obtained from minute seized materials while minimizing their consumption. Luciano is affiliated with the Brazilian Society of Chemistry and the Brazilian Society of Forensic Science. He has published more than 50 articles and has an H-index of 15.