Autor: Weihui Luo

Salvatore Parisi, Ph D, FSPCA PCQI, obtained his MSc from the University of Palermo, and Ph D from the University of Messina, Italy. Between 1994 and 2010, Dr Parisi has been involved in different chemical activities working and travelling in different countries around the world, including the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Czech Republic, and United States of America. Dr. Parisi serves as series editor for the Springer Briefs in Molecular Science: Chemistry of Foods; he is also an associate of AOAC International, USA, Southern California Section, serving in the AOAC Official Methods of Analysis SM (OMA) Expert Review Panel (ERP) for Fertilizers, the AOAC SPIFAN ERP for 2- and 3-MCPD & Glycidyl Esters, and eight different AOAC working groups. He also co-authored the “Stakeholders’ Guidance Document for Consumer Analytical Devices with a Focus on Gluten and Food Allergens”, recently published in the Journal of AOAC International. More recently, He has served as Special Guest Editor for the Journal of AOAC International in 2018 with a Section concerning antibiotics and antimicrobials in foods. At present, he is actively working at the Associazione ‘Componiamo il Futuro’ (COIF), Palermo, Italy. Weihui Luo is an analytical chemist working in food and non-food products and services. She studied at Fudan University with the final Bachelor in Applied Chemistry in 2008; subsequently, Weihui obtained the American Society for Quality (ASQ) certification as quality engineer in 2014 with peer recognition of her proficiency in quality control and quality assurance areas. After six years in different roles concerning analytical chemistry, Weihui worked as laboratory manager at Quo Qi Lab, Shanghai, China, until 2017. At present, she works at Kangdexin (KDX) Composite Material Group, China.  Her expertise includes quantitative chemical analysis of organic and metal pollutants in water and soil by chromatography and spectroscopy, and analyses in processedfoods.