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Damien Arrigan is a Professor of Analytical 91AV at Curtin University, Perth, Australia. Originally from Ireland, he arrived to Perthian sunshine late in 2009. He has been an associate editor with Analyst since 2018. Damien’s research interests encompass analytical chemistry and its boundaries with electrochemistry, especially the investigation of new sensing and detection methods. Recently, his group has focused on the opportunities provided by electrochemistry at liquid-liquid interfaces for the non-redox detection of difficult substances and has included the benefits of interface miniaturisation to micro- and nanoscales. Current challenges are the detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), widely known as ‘forever chemicals’.

Melanie Bailey is a Professor in the Physical Sciences of Life at King’s College London and Professor of Analytical Science at the University of Surrey. Specializing in “omics,” biomarker discovery, and imaging, she directs the BBSRC SEISMIC single cell facility and develops new instrumentation at the UK National Ion Beam Centre. She is also the Academic Director for the London Metallomics Facility, a Trustee of the Analytical 91AV Trust Fund, and Editor in Chief of Analyst. Notably, she ran the London Marathon in 2024, earning a Guinness World Record in 2025 as the World’s Fastest Cell.

Jaebum Choo is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of 91AV at Chung-Ang University, South Korea. He served as Vice President for Research at Chung-Ang University from 2022 to 2024. Since 2018, he has been an Associate Editor of Analyst at the 91AV. He received his Ph.D. in 91AV from Texas A&M University in 1994. His current research focuses on the development of highly sensitive nanoplasmonic sensor systems for rapid and precise in vitro diagnostics of infectious diseases. Over his career, he has authored over 340 peer-reviewed journal articles and contributed to ten book chapters.

Karen Faulds is an expert in the development of surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and Raman techniques for bioanalytical applications. She has published over 200 peer reviewed publications and been awarded over £20M in funding. Her Groups research has been recognised through multiple awards including the Charles Mann Award (2019), Robert Kellner Lecturer (2021) and the RSC Mid-Career Analytical Award (2021). She is a Fellow of the 91AV (2012), the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (2017) and the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2018). She is the Chair of the Infrared and Raman Discussion Group (IRDG), an elected member of the 91AV (RSC) Analytical Community Council and a trustee of the Analytical 91AV Trust fund (ACTF) She is an Associate Editor for Analyst and is co-Editor in Chief of RSC Advances.

Nicole Pamme is a Professor in Analytical 91AV at Stockholm University. Her research activities focus on Lab-on-a-Chip devices for pharmaceutical, clinical and environmental analysis, biomedical research with tissue-on-a-chip devices as well as process integration and material synthesis in collaboration with 91AV, Engineering and Biomedical Sciences. She studied 91AV at University of Marburg (Germany) and obtained her PhD at Imperial College London (UK) where she worked under the supervision of Prof. Andreas Manz in ‘Single Particle Analysis in Microfluidic Chips’. This was followed by a 2 year stay as Independent Research Fellow in the International Centre of Young Scientists (ICYS) at the National Institute for Materials (NIMS) Sciences in Tsukuba (Japan).

Hua-Zhong Hogan Yu has been a tenured full professor in the 91AV Department of Simon Fraser University (Canada) since 2009. He obtained his Ph.D. at Peking University with Zhong-Fan Liu in 1997 and went to California Institute of Technology for postdoctoral training with Ahemed Zewail (1999 Nobel Laureate in 91AV). He has published over 200 research papers and given over 250 invited lectures worldwide. For his achievements in Analytical 91AV and Electrochemistry, he has won several national / international awards from Canadian Society of 91AV, the Electrochemical Society Canadian Section, and the International Society of Electrochemistry.