Giuseppe Astarita is principal scientist at Waters Corporation (Milford, Massachusetts USA) and serves as adjunct professor at Georgetown University (Washington, DC USA). Giuseppe’s research interests include lipid mass spectrometry and metabolomics, as applied to translational medicine and biomarker discovery. He is applying the latest technologies in the study of health and disease as well as food and nutrition. His work appears in over 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications, book chapters and patents.