Paolo Oliveri is an associate professor in the research group in Analytical Chemistry and Chemometrics at the University of Genova (Italy), Department of Pharmacy (DIFAR). His research is mainly focused on spectroscopic analytical methods, hyperspectral imaging and chemometrics, with a special focus on signal processing and one-class pattern recognition techniques (class-modelling) for authenticity verification. Awarded as the Best Young Researcher by the Division of Analytical Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society – SCI (2010) and with the 2020 Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems Award by Elsevier. He was the principal investigator of a three-year research project (Scientific Independence of young Researchers – SIR) founded by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (SPECFOOD – Advanced Strategies in Near Infrared Spectroscopy and Multivariate Data Analysis for Food Safety and Authentication) and of other research projects, as well as research contracts with private companies, on spectral imaging and chemometric topics. He is currently the President of the Ligurian Section of the Italian Chemical Society, a member of the Board of the Division of Analytical Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society, and he coordinated the Divisional Group of Chemometrics. He is a member of the Permanent Committee of the International Association for Spectral Imaging (IASIM).