Dr. Fabio Zaza, Researcher at the Sustainability Department of Production and Land Systems in ENEA-Casaccia, has been received the Advanced University Degree (Laurea Quinquennale V.O. - EQF level 7) in “Industrial Chemistry” with top marks, the II level Master Degree (EQF level 8) in "Analytical Chemistry and Quality Control" and the PhD Degree (EQF level 8) in “Materials Engineering and raw materials" at the University of Rome La Sapienza. Since 2008, he has been teaching at University as "Adjunct Professor" for official courses at the University La Sapienza, Tor Vergata, Roma Tre and Guglielmo Marconi. At the beginning, his professional activity focused on food safety, serving at Istituto Superiore di Sanità and at FAO-Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations subsequently. After that, his research moved towards the energy sector, working at ENEA laboratories for the development of "Fuel Cell" integrated systems that are dedicated to the electrochemical energy conversion of renewable sources. Since 2012, he has been developing a strong interest in environmental sustainability, working at ENEA laboratories for the development of "Key Enabling Technologies" for preventing, managing and monitoring the anthropogenic environmental impacts. In particular, he is currently working on the development of chemical sensor devices that are dedicated to the remote quali-quantitative analysis of organic/inorganic analytes in gaseous/liquid matrices for environmental monitoring and sustainable production systems control. The professional activity is supported by numerous publications in international journals as well as several academic and scientific recognitions, including the investiture of "Cultore della materia" title in Chemistry and Combustion Chemistry, the honor for the "Key Scientific Article 2017" in Advances in Engineering and the "Best Paper in november 2016" in Journal of Materials Science, the nomination as finalist for the “Cahn Prize 2016”, the conferment of the Award “SIF 2011”, the Award “POLOIDROGENO 2009” and the Grant “HYSYDAYS 2009”.

In addition, he is the Principal Investigator and Scientific Coordinator of funded Research Projects, such as the Project "OLIMPOS - Optimum level impurities and pollution sensors", the Project "SENSI - New MEMS sensors for an integrated monitoring system for the conservation, valorization and use of the cultural heritage" and the Project "Biosensors for cultural heritage". Finally, he is the Principal Investigator and Scientific Coordinator of Collaboration Agreements between Public Institutions such as CNR, the University of Tuscia, the La Sapienza University and the Roma Tre University, that are related to the Project "Development of sensors and biosensors for environmental monitoring and the control of the sustainability of production processes", the Project "Research in the sector of functional nanomaterials for the development of chemical sensors, absorbents and controlled-release vectors for eco-sustainable production systems", the Project "Development of functional nanomaterials for applications in the environmental, industrial, biomedical and cultural heritage fields" and the "Development of Chemical Technologies for the Environment and Territory".

Guest Editor of Special Issue on Chemometrics in Sensor Technology in Sensors — Open Access Journal (ISSN 1424-8220)