Advanced chemometric methods for the characterization and authentication of complex real matrices Line of research Development of innovative analytical approaches based on the coupling of advanced chemometric methods (where necessary, in the absence of alternatives, de novo designed and developed to address specific issues) to recorded instrumental profiles (preferably, spectroscopic, in the infrared region , in order to exploit the advantages associated with these techniques: speed, minimal sample pretreatment, non-destructiveness and cost) for the characterization of complex matrices, mainly in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Staff Supervisor: Federico Marini Publications Particle swarm optimization (PSO). A tutorialHydration of hydrogels studied by near‐infrared hyperspectral imagingSIMCA Modeling for Overlapping Classes: Fixed or Optimized Decision Threshold?Recent chemometrics advances for foodomicsMCR-ALS of hyperspectral images with spatio-spectral fuzzy clustering constraintConfidence ellipsoids for ASCA models based on multivariate regression theory Collaborations National collaborations: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università di Modena e Reggio EmiliaIstituto Nazionale di Ricerca per gli Alimenti e la Nutrizione (INRAN, ora CRA-NUT)Unità di Ricerca per la Valorizzazione qualitativa dei cereali (CRA-QCE)Prof. Marina Cocchi, Università di Modena e Reggio EmiliaInternational collaborations: Prof. Rasmus Bro, Università di Copenhagen (Danimarca)Prof. Beata Walczak, Università della Slesia (Polonia)Dr. Jean Michel Roger, Irstea, MontpellierDr. Aoife Gowen, University College Dublin (Irlanda)Prof. Eric Anslyn, Università del Texas, AustinProf. Cyril Ruckebusch, Università di Lille (Francia)Prof. Anna de Juan, Università di Barcelona (Spagna) Fundings and awards Fundings: Fondi Sapienza Università 2012 (12000€) ed Università 2013 (6800€)Awards: Elsevier Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems Award 2012 Theme and ERC Theme: Life-Sciences chemistryERC: LS9_6 Food sciencesPE4_2 Spectroscopic and spectrometric techniquesPE4_5 Analytical chemistry Traineeship offer Course of study (advised): Chemistry