Amadeo Fernandez-Alba is a Full Professor in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Almeria, Spain. Since 2006 he has been the Head of the European Reference Laboratory for Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables (EURL-FV eurl-pesticides.eu). His EURL responsibilities include building the network of official laboratories, providing assistance and training to National Reference Laboratories (NRLs), developing methods for pesticide residue analysis, organizing EU Proficiency Tests, drafting and updating the EU guidelines (SANTE/11945/2015) on method validation and quality control procedures for pesticides residues analysis in food and feed. He serves on many national and international committees and has contributed to 24 book chapters and authored and co-authored more than 260 scientific publications.
