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18 December 2025
Welcoming New Early Career Editorial Board Members of Sensors

Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220) is pleased to announce that the following 100 researchers have been added to our group of 2025–2026 Early Career Editorial Board Members (ECEBMs). Applications for the Early Career Editorial Board are now closed. Please join us in congratulating them on joining the Sensors community!

Photo	Name	Affiliation	Homepage	Interests
	Dr. Alberto Morato	National Research Council of Italy, CNR-IEIIT, 35131 Padova, Italy	https://www.ieiit.cnr.it/it/chi-siamo/persone/card?tx_ieiitpeople_peopleplugin%5Baction%5D=show&tx_ieiitpeople_peopleplugin%5Bcontroller%5D=People&tx_ieiitpeople_peopleplugin%5BuserUid%5D=163&cHash=d22faa7810fd71a9cfb6868ea9e95cc0	real-time communications; industrial communication systems; industrial wireless communications; wireless sensors networks; performance measurements on networks; instrumentation and measurements; distributed measurement systems; time-sensitive networking; real-time embedded systems
	Dr. Ana Batista	CIBB - Centre for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, Faculdade de Medicina, Polo 1, Piso 2, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal	https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-batista-17625326/	multiphoton microscopy; fluorescence lifetime imaging; second-harmonic generation; optical coherence tomography; optical coherence elastography; Raman scattering
	Dr. Angelo Lorusso	DISAMIS, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy	https://rubrica.unisa.it/persone?nome=Angelo+lorusso	IoT; digital twin; gamification; virtual reality; augmented reality; cultural heritage; predictive maintenance
	Dr. Antonella Maria Loconsole	Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Politecnico di Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy	https://dei.poliba.it/maria-loconsole/	fiber laser; fiber amplifiers; millimeter-wave antennas; substrate integrated waveguide antennas
	Dr. Binbin Yang	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA	https://profiles.ncat.edu/en/persons/binbin-yang/	electromagnetics; antennas; RF and microwave circuits; microwave imaging; wireless communication
	Prof. Dr. Caipin Li	Xi’an Institute of Space Radio Technology, Xi’an 710100, China	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4204-8139	microwave remote sensing technology; synthetic aperture radar; signal processing
	Dr. Carlos Cruz	Department of Electronics, University of Alcala, 28871 Madrid, Spain	https://www.uah.es/en/estudios/profesor/Carlos-Cruz-de-la-Torre/	electronic design; sensors; detector; demand optimization
	Dr. Chen Yin	Department of Data Science, College of Computing, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1723-7728	signal processing; data analytics; fault diagnosis; health prognostic; deep learning
	Dr. Claudia Conte	Department of Industrial Engineering. University of Naples Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy	https://www.docenti.unina.it/#!/professor/434c4155444941434f4e5445434e54434c4439344536374638333951/riferimenti	avionics; aircraft on-board systems; integrated navigation; trajectory prediction; unmanned aerial systems
	Dr. Cong Wang	College of Mathematics and Physics, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China	https://faculty.buct.edu.cn/cmp/wc1/main.htm	strain engineering; new semiconductor optoelectronic devices; new semiconductor quantum devices; flexible electronics/optoelectronic devices; new principle devices
	Dr. Davide D'Ambrosio	Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO), Via Campi Flegrei, 34-Comprensorio A. Olivetti, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy	https://opticalsensorslab.ino.cnr.it/index.php/people/	whispering-gallery mode; resonator; Mie scattering; optical angular momentum; nanoparticles
	Dr. Ding Zhang	School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, Nankai University, Tongyan Road 38, Tianjin 300350, China	https://mse.nankai.edu.cn/zd/list.psp	flexible thermoelectric materials and devices (carbon-based, semiconductor-based, gel-based)
	Dr. Dong Pan	Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing 100193, China	http://en.baqis.ac.cn/people/detail/?cid=1164	quantum information; quantum network; quantum communication; quantum sensing
	Dr. Filippo Laganà	Laboratory of Biomedical Applications Technologies and Sensors (BATS), Department of Health Science, “Magna Græcia” University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy	https://www.batslab.it/ing.-filippo-lagana.html	digital electronics; embedded systems; thermographic analysis on biomedical applications and devices; IoT
	Dr. Francesco Anelli	Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Politecnico di Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy	https://dei.poliba.it/francesco-anelli/	optical fiber sensor; mid-infrared fiber; fiber bragg grating; long period grating; fiber interferometer; fluoride glass; mid-infrared; electromagnetic simulation
	Dr. Francesco Falcetelli	Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy	https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/francesco.falcetelli/en	optical fibre sensors; shape sensing; structural health monitoring; reliability assessment; metal hydrides for hydrogen storage
	Dr. Fudong Ge	School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China	https://seea.tju.edu.cn/info/1013/4301.htm	distributed actuation and distributed sensing; regional sensing and actuation; data-driven modeling and analysis
	Dr. Gang Wang	School of Life Science and Technology (SLST), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China	https://gangwangugent.github.io/	image processing; visual detection; brain-inspired perception; neuro-AI
	Dr. Ganggang Sha	College of Civil Aviation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China	https://faculty.nuaa.edu.cn/shaganggang/zh_CN/index.htm	nondestructive testing; structural health monitoring; continuous airworthiness and maintenance
	Dr. George M. Sapidis	Department of Civil Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67100 Xanthi, Greece	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0240-5699	structural health monitoring (SHM); cement science & concrete technology; rehabilitation & strengthening of existing R.C. structures; polymer modified cement based mortars
	Dr. Gianluca Ciattaglia	Department of Information Engineering, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche 12, 60131 Ancona, Italy	https://www.univpm.it/Entra/Docenti_1/Ingegneria_1/docname/idsel/1044/docname/GIANLUCA%20CIATTAGLIA	radar sensors; radar measurements; automotive radars
	Dr. Giorgio de Alteriis	Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, Italy	https://www.docenti.unina.it/#!/professor/47494f5247494f444520414c544552494953444c5447524739315431384638333941/riferimenti	measures; monitoring system; measurement system; IMU; inertial sensors; kalman filter; IoT; microcontroller
	Dr. Guangyin Jin	National Innovative Institute of Defense Technology, Academy of Military Sciences, No. 53, Dongdajie Street, Beijing 100071, China	https://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?user=7uA_jL8AAAAJ&hl=zh-CN&oi=ao	spatio-temporal data mining; urban computing; urban sensing; intelligent transportation
	Dr. Guido Borghi	Dipartimento Educazione e Scienze Umane, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 4, 41121 Modena MO, Italy	https://aimagelab.ing.unimore.it/imagelab/person.asp?idpersona=87	face analysis; biometrics; human–computer interaction
	Dr. Guodong Zhang	School of Artificial Intelligence, Optics and Electronics (iOPEN), Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China	https://iopen.nwpu.edu.cn/info/1251/2131.htm	ultrafast optics; laser–matter interaction; 3D optical devices; optical sensors; laser micro-nano processing; surface engineering
	Dr. Hairong Yu	School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China	https://bme.seu.edu.cn/2022/1013/c463a423211/page.htm	wearable devices; optimization calibration; human movement analysis
	Dr. Hao Ren	Applied Oral Sciences & Community Dental Care, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China	https://facdent.hku.hk/people/professoriate-staff/profile/haoren	bioinspired sensors; sensors and robotics; AI-enabled sensors
	Dr. Haoxuan Dong	Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore	https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EcI2MbkAAAAJ&hl=en	connected and automated vehicles; electric vehicles; intelligent decision-making and control; autonomous systems and robotics; reinforcement learning for multi-agent systems
	Dr. Howuk Kim	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea	https://a2sp.inha.ac.kr	applied acoustics; signal processing; ultrasound-assisted lithium-ion battery monitoring; laser ultrasound; active noise/vibration control
	Dr. Ilaria Marcantoni	Department of Information Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy	https://www.univpm.it/Entra/Engine/RAServePG.php/P/320710010421/idsel/1025/docname/ILARIA%20MARCANTONI	biomedical signal processing; biomedical image processing; electroencephalography; electrocardiography; functional magnetic resonance imaging
	Dr. Ioan Tudosa	Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, 82100 Benevento, Italy	https://www.unisannio.it/en/user/14822	data acquisition systems; sensors; intelligent sensing
	Dr. Jake Yang	Centre for Sustainable Materials Processing, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK	https://www.yanggroup.net/home	electrochemistry; electrochemical sensors; opto-electrochemistry; circular economy of critical elements
	Dr. Jia-Lin Kang	Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi 621301, Taiwan	https://che.ccu.edu.tw/p/405-1103-62457,c1942.php?Lang=en	AI applications in chemical engineering; fault diagnosis; process control; operation unit scale-up
	Prof. Dr. Jian Zhang	College of Metropolitan Transportation, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China	https://cmt.bjut.edu.cn/info/1127/1115.htm	intelligent transportation system; traffic flow theory; transport system optimization
	Dr. Jianyu Wang	College of Electrical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China	https://ee.scu.edu.cn/info/1045/11130.htm	equipment prediction and health management; equipment big data analysis and feature mining; machine learning and transfer learning; anomaly detection and fault diagnosis
	Dr. Jie Zhu	Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.	https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Sn448m8AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate	intelligent environmental monitoring; bio-based sensor substrates; low-carbon rural sensing applications
	Dr. Jing Liu	School of Food Science and Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China	https://spxy.nxu.edu.cn/info/1015/2875.htm	food flavor analysis; bioelectronic tongue; taste biosensor
	Dr. Jinxin Yang	School of Geography and Remote Sensing, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China	https://geo.gzhu.edu.cn/info/1085/5176.htm	remote sensing; thermal environment
	Dr. Jiusi Zhang	School of Automation Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China	http://faculty.uestc.edu.cn/zhangjiusi/zh_CN/index.htm	intelligent fault diagnosis/prognosis/tolerance; Industrial big data and artificial intelligence; data-driven monitoring and optimization; intelligent operation and maintenance of complex industrial systems
	Dr. José Tizón	UCAM-SENS, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, UCAM HiTech, Avda. Andres Hernandez Ros 1, 30107 Murcia, Spain	https://personas.ucam.edu/personas/perfil/jose-daniel-rojas-tizon	3D printing; sensors; microfluidics; wearable; electrochemical sensors
	Dr. Juan Francisco Fuentes-Pérez	Group of Applied Ecohydraulics, Department of Agricultural and Forest Engineering, Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute, University of Valladolid, ETSIIAA, Avenida de Madrid 44, Campus La Yutera, 34004 Palencia, Spain	https://portaldelaciencia.uva.es/investigadores/182019/detalle	environmental sensor networks; IoT in agriculture and forestry; hydrology; ecohydraulics; fishway monitoring; digital twins; LoRa/LPWAN sensors; open hardware; precision irrigation
	Dr. Junxue Zhang	School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China	https://mypage.just.edu.cn/tmgcjz/zjx/list.htm	intelligent building and smart city; architectural robotics; intelligent control
	Dr. Kaiqun Zhu	State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao 999078, China	https://skliotsc.um.edu.mo/people/research-staff/	distributed filtering and fusion; privacy preserving; sensor networks; and autonomous vehicles
	Dr. Laihao Yang	School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China	https://gr.xjtu.edu.cn/en/web/yanglaihao/english2	soft sensing; soft robotics; structural health monitoring; data-driven structural dynamics; AI for science
	Dr. Leonardo Bianchi	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Giuseppe La Masa 1, 20156 Milan, Italy	https://www.mecc.polimi.it/en/staff/leonardo.bianchi	optical fiber sensors; fiber Bragg grating sensors; measurement systems based on photonic technologies; hyperspectral imaging; photonic sensors for healthcare monitoring and biomedical applications; thermal and mechanical measurements; metrological characterization of sensors; metrology
	Dr. Linpeng Liu	State Key Laboratory of Precision Manufacturing for Extreme Service Performance, College of Mechanical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China	https://faculty.csu.edu.cn/liulinpeng/zh_CN/index.htm	flexible sensors; flexible electronics; bionic sensors
	Dr. Livio D'Alvia	Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Rome La Sapienza, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy	https://liviodalvia.site.uniroma1.it/	biomedical measurement; cultural heritage monitoring; industrial measurement; sensors development and validation
	Dr. Longxia Xu	National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710600, China	https://people.ucas.ac.cn/~xlx	GNSS timing and time transfer; GNSS timing monitoring and evaluation methods; RAIM
	Dr. Luca Lazzaroni	Department of Naval, Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Genoa, 16145 Genova, Italy	https://rubrica.unige.it/personale/UUNDXVNo	automotive; edge AI; edge computing; deep learning; IoT; sensors; tiny machine learning
	Prof. Dr. Álvaro de la Llana Calvo	Department of Electronics, University of Alcalá, University Campus, Madrid-Barcelona Road, km 33, Alcalá de Henares, 28805 Madrid, Spain	https://portalcientifico.uah.es/investigadores/336149/detalle	intelligent sensors; optical sensors; location; sensor networks; visible light positioning (VLP); visible light communication (VLC); indoor localization; indoor positioning system (IPS); position-sensitive detectors (PSD); multipath; vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V); vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I)
	Dr. Marco Esposito	Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS), Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy	https://www.polito.it/en/staff?p=marco.esposito	structural health monitoring; shape sensing; digital twin; load identification; finite element method; inverse finite element method; multilayered composites optimisation
	Dr. Mariusz Specht	Department of Transport, Gdynia Maritime University, Morska 81-87, 81-225 Gdynia, Poland	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6026-306X	hydrography; satellite geodesy; satellite navigation; UAV; USV
	Dr. Marzio Invernizzi	Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical “Giulio Natta”, Polytechnic University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy	https://www.cmic.polimi.it/en/persone/docenti-e-ricercatori/invernizzi-marzio/	environmental odours; atmospheric dispersion modelling; diffuse emission; fugitive emission; odorant abatement
	Dr. Matteo Nardello	Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, I-38123 Trento, Italy	https://webapps.unitn.it/du/en/Persona/PER0050384/Didattica	low-power embedded system; IoT; TinyMl; energy harvesting; printed electronics; intermittent computing
	Dr. Mattia Antonini	Fondazione Bruno Kessler, 38123 Trento, Italy	https://magazine.fbk.eu/en/spotlight/mattia-antonini/	edge AI; tinyML; (tiny)MLOps for reliable sensing systems
	Dr. Meisam Habibimatin	Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA	https://www.meisamhabibimatin.com	nanofabrication; neuromodulation; biophysics; microscale interfacial and thermal transport; microfluidics
	Dr. Mengjie Zheng	State Key Laboratory of Precision Electronic Manufacturing Technology and Equipment, School of Electromechnical Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China	https://teacher.gdut.edu.cn/zhengmengjie/en/index.htm	nanofabrication; nano-optics; structural color; SERS sensing; flexible electronics
	Dr. Mingkun Zhang	Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China	http://cigit.cas.cn/sourcedb/rcdw/202207/t20220727_6494450.html	terahertz biophysics; nanopore sensing; molecular dynamics simulation
	Dr. Naser Ojaroudi Parchin	School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh EH10 5DT, UK	https://napier-repository.worktribe.com/person/2821345	wireless communications; sensors; microwaves
	Dr. Neng Ye	School of Cyberspace Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China	https://cst.bit.edu.cn/szdw/jsml/bssds/5379b0a908a4431fa7ebdb8ff4aba96c.htm	space-air-ground integrated communications; integrated sensing and communications; intelligent sensing, IoT communications; multiple access; signal processing for sensing and communications
	Dr. Peixian Zhuang	Department of Automation and Electrical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China	https://saee.ustb.edu.cn/szdw/xsjs2/zdkzyjs/d924b9a64c5f45e0af4b3bcba051262d.htm	image processing; artificial intelligence
	Dr. Qiang Zeng	Institute of Modern Physics (IMP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou 730000, China	https://people.ucas.ac.cn/~zeng.qiang	optical engineering; spectroscopy; laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)
	Dr. Seong-Yong Jeong	Division of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kongju National University, Cheonan 31080, Republic of Korea	https://fnel.kongju.ac.kr	gas sensors; nanostructured materials; μ-GC; portable devices; catalytic filter
	Dr. Sheng Du	School of Automation, China University of Geosciences, No. 388 Lumo Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430074, China	https://grzy.cug.edu.cn/dusheng/en/index.htm	artificial intelligence; computational intelligence; process control; intelligent system; intelligent optimization
	Dr. Shunda Qiao	School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China	https://homepage.hit.edu.cn/qiaoshunda?lang=en	laser spectroscopy sensing technology
	Dr. Sijia Li	Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China	http://www.neigae.ac.cn/sourcedb/zw/expert/202310/t20231023_6904968.html	remote sensing of water eutrophication and soil physicochemical properties; remote sensing monitoring of regional agricultural resources and environmental changes
	Dr. Sinan Chen	Center of Mathematical and Data Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan	https://researchmap.jp/chensinan?lang=en	smart healthcare; AIoT; data science; digital learning; multimodal AI; software engineering
	Dr. Sonia Freddi	Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies (IFN)—CNR, Milan, Italy	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5157-881X	gas sensors; electronic noses; chemiresistors; graphene functionalization; chemometrics
	Dr. Stefano Tortora	Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy	https://pnc.unipd.it/people/stefano-tortora/	neurorobotics; human–machine interface; robotics; exoskeletons; biomedical sensors
	Dr. Tao Zhang	College of Communication Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130000, China	https://dce.jlu.edu.cn/info/1182/9721.htm	signal processing; pattern recognition; brain–computer interface (BCI)
	Prof. Dr. Tianli Feng	School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China	https://faculty.sdu.edu.cn/fengtianli/en/index.htm	fiber laser; laser sensing; ultrafast laser; laser spectrum
	Dr. Tianyu Gao	School of Electronics and Information, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China	https://homepage.hit.edu.cn/gaotianyu	fault diagnosis; condition monitoring; intelligent sensing; artificial intelligence; analog circuits; mechanical systems
	Dr. Timothy Vincent	WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group), University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK	https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/about/our-people/profile/?id=1874497	battery experimentation; cell instrumentation; thin-film sensors; metal oxide sensors
	Dr. Vahid Mousavi	Centre for Infrastructure Engineering, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia	https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=5k3wybIAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=%E2%80%A6	AI; bridge health monitoring; digital twins; UAV photogrammetry; LiDAR and laser scanners
	Dr. Vittorio Memmolo	Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, Italy	https://www.docenti.unina.it/vittorio.memmolo	structural health monitoring; guided waves; aerospace structures; composites; smart materials; sensors; instrumentation and measurements; aircraft structural design
	Dr. Wei Han	Sustainable Energy and Environment Thrust, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 511453, China	https://weihan.people.ust.hk/	power electronics; wireless power transfer; motor drives; smart grid; magnetic sensors
	Dr. Weiwei Jiang	School of Information and Communication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China	https://jwwthu.github.io/	artificial intelligence; wireless communications; Internet of Things; information fusion
	Dr. Xiang Wang	Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK	https://drf.eng.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-xiang-wang	optical sensor; optical sensing; light scattering; non-destructive testing; hyperspectral imaging
	Dr. Xiangyu Ge	College of Geography and Remote Sensing Sciences, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830017, China	https://geography.xju.edu.cn/info/1021/1545.htm	remote sensing satellite and UAV (multispectral and hyperspectral); environmental assessing; agricultural monitoring
	Dr. Xiaoan Yan	College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China	https://jidian.njfu.edu.cn/szdw/fjs/20211104/i244404.html	high-end equipment dynamics, monitoring, diagnosis and maintenance; signal processing and machine learning; artificial intelligence and pattern recognition; structural damage identification and health monitoring
	Dr. Xiaoyang Gao	School of Maritime Economics and Management, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China	https://hg.dlmu.edu.cn/szjs/szdw.htm	dynamic positioning of marine vehicles; optimal control; intelligent control; anti-disturbance control
	Dr. Xin Zhang	Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4236-7436	condition monitoring of complex equipment and manufacturing processes; anomaly detection in additive manufacturing processes
	Dr. Xingsheng Liu	Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China	https://sbd.xmu.edu.cn/info/1099/10960.htm	vision/LiDAR-based sensors; optical imaging; 3D reconstruction; Information fusion
	Dr. Xingyu Lu	School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China	https://gsmis.njust.edu.cn/open/TutorInfo.aspx?dsbh=!17b-aB9tM3ptMlhmF6m!w==&yxsh=nViOLrEun5w=&zydm=Ua!A8sJvASs=	interference suppression for synthetic aperture radar (SAR); radar signal processing; integrated jamming and detection
	Dr. Xunhao Ding	School of Transportation, Southeast University, 2 Sipailou, Nanjing 210096, China	https://tc.seu.edu.cn/dxh/main.psp	intelligent road perception and novel sensor development; structural performance monitoring and disaster risk early warning; multiscale characterization and modeling analysis of pavement materials
	Dr. Yanjun Chen	School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China	https://faculty.csu.edu.cn/chenyanjun/en/index.htm	fiber-optic sensors; sensor technology and applications in geosciences; physical sensors; sensor devices; sensing principles; signal processing and data fusion in sensor systems; multi-sensor positioning and navigation
	Dr. Yi Li	School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China	https://jszy.whu.edu.cn/liyi16/zh_CN/index/1396293/list/index.htm	gas sensor; self-powered sensing; equipment status monitoring; energy harvester
	Dr. Yongxing Li	Beijing Key Laboratory of Traffic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China	https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&pli=1&user=oDpc0v0AAAAJ	pedestrian flow simulation modeling; transportation big data analysis; AI empowers intelligent transportation
	Dr. Yuanchao Liu	Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China	https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/persons/yuanchliu2/	biosensors; wearable sensors
	Dr. Yubin Yuan	Department of Microelectronics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China	https://ele.xjtu.edu.cn/info/1019/2711.htm	gas sensors; multi-sensor systems; advanced sensor materials; neuromorphic sensors
	Dr. Yufei Zhao	School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore	https://www.piers.org/profile.html?uid=1000425954	wireless communication engineering; RF & microwave systems; reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS); quantum sensors; artificial intelligence; advanced metasurface; electromagnetic technologies; orbital angular momentum (OAM)
	Dr. Yuguang Fu	School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore	https://dr.ntu.edu.sg/entities/person/Fu-Yuguang	structural health monitoring; wireless smart sensors; edge intelligence; digital twin modelling
	Dr. Yuqi Cao	College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China	https://person.zju.edu.cn/yqcao	biomedical testing; multimodal data analysis; anomaly detection technology; artificial intelligence algorithms
	Dr. Zejun Deng	School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410017, China	https://faculty.csu.edu.cn/dengzejun/en/index.htm	electrochemical biosensors or sensors; electrochemistry; electrocatalysis
	Dr. Zekun Liu	School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China	https://mech.ecust.edu.cn/2024/0828/c15146a170263/page.htm	functional materials and devices for micro- and nano-energy conversion; micro-heat sensing across multiple physical sources
	Dr. Zhonglin Lin	School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China	https://jxxy.fzu.edu.cn/info/1219/8521.htm	visual tactile sensing; robotic perception; machine vision; system control and simulation
	Dr. Zhongxiong Zhang	School of Food Science and Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China	https://spxy.nxu.edu.cn/info/1101/2658.htm	research and development of non-destructive detection and intelligent equipment for agricultural products; rapid detection of trace harmful substances in food
	Dr. Zongxing Xie	Faculty in the Department of Computer Science, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, USA	https://zongxingxie.github.io/	smart and connected health; wireless sensing; ubiquitous computing; internet of things; cyber-physical-human systems, and AI
	Dr. Amin Hossein	Laboratory of Physics and Physiology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium	https://www.ulb.be/fr/amin-hossein	cardiovascular assessment; wearables; ballistocardiography; heart rate variability; electrocardiography; seismocardiography
	Dr. Francesca Marturano	AA. Martinos Center Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA	https://researchers.mgh.harvard.edu/profile/32439862/Francesca-Marturano	neuromodulation; implantable devices; MRI safety; neuroscience; bioengineering

Sensors Editorial Office

19 November 2025
Meet Us Virtually at the 1st International Online Conference on Sensor and Actuator Networks (CSAN 2026), 9–10 July 2026

We are pleased to announce that the 1st International Online Conference on Sensor and Actuator Networks (CSAN 2026) will be held online from 9 to 10 July 2026. The conference is organized by MDPI’s Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks (JSAN, ISSN: 2224-2708, Impact Factor: 3.3).

CSAN 2026 will present the latest studies in sensor and actuator network-related research in the fields of healthcare, smart agriculture, industry, mobile systems, intelligent transportation, manufacturing, smart cities, and engineering.

We welcome all past authors to speak at CSAN2026. All invited speakers will get the award.

Conference Chair:

Prof. Dr. Lei Shu, ¹ Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China; ² University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK.

Session topics:
S1. Industry 4.0 and embedded wireless sensor/actuator systems;

Session Chair: Prof. Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa.

S2. Blockchain technologies and Internet-of-Things-based WSAN;

Session Chair: Prof. Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute-Alsace, France.

S3. WSAN and next-generation networks (5G, 6G, etc.);

Session Chair: Prof. Jordi Mongay Batalla, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland.

S4. Applications of WSAN in agriculture, vehicles, wearable sensors, smart cities, manufacturing, mobile systems, and health and medical care;

Session Chair: Prof. Sye-Loong Keoh, University of Glasgow, UK.

S5. Big data, computing and artificial intelligence.

Session Chair: Prof. Jianwei Niu, Bei hang University, China.

Conference awards:

The Best Oral Presentation Award is given to the invited speakers; we appreciate your contribution and time at CSAN2026;
The Best Video Presentation Award is given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting video presentation for the conference.

Guide for Authors:
Abstracts written for CSAN 2026 will be directly submitted to the Topic “The 1st International Online Conference on Sensor and Actuator Networks (CSAN 2026)” within the “Special Issue” section of JSAN with a 15% discount on the publication fee.

Submit your abstract before 9 March 2026!

For detailed information, please visit https://sciforum.net/event/CSAN2026.

For any enquiries regarding the event, please contact csan2026@mdpi.com.

We look forward to seeing you at CSAN 2026.

6 November 2025
MDPI Launches the Michele Parrinello Award for Pioneering Contributions in Computational Physical Science

MDPI is delighted to announce the establishment of the Michele Parrinello Award. Named in honor of Professor Michele Parrinello, the award celebrates his exceptional contributions and his profound impact on the field of computational physical science research.

The award will be presented biennially to distinguished scientists who have made outstanding achievements and contributions in the field of computational physical science—spanning physics, chemistry, and materials science.

About Professor Michele Parrinello

"Do not be afraid of new things. I see it many times when we discuss a new thing that young people are scared to go against the mainstream a little bit, thinking what is going to happen to me and so on. Be confident that what you do is meaningful, and do not be afraid, do not listen too much to what other people have to say.”

——Professor Michele Parrinello

Born in Messina in 1945, he received his degree from the University of Bologna and is currently affiliated with the Italian Institute of Technology. Professor Parrinello is known for his many technical innovations in the field of atomistic simulations and for a wealth of interdisciplinary applications ranging from materials science to chemistry and biology. Together with Roberto Car, he introduced ab initio molecular dynamics, also known as the Car–Parrinello method, marking the beginning of a new era both in the area of electronic structure calculations and in molecular dynamics simulations. He is also known for the Parrinello–Rahman method, which allows crystalline phase transitions to be studied by molecular dynamics. More recently, he has introduced metadynamics for the study of rare events and the calculation of free energies.

For his work, he has been awarded many prizes and honorary degrees. He is a member of numerous academies and learned societies, including the German Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, the British Royal Society, and the Italian Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, which is the major academy in his home country of Italy.

Award Committee

The award committee will be chaired by Professor Xin-Gao Gong, a computational condensed matter physicist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and professor at the Department of Physics, Fudan University. Professor Xin-Gao Gong will lead a panel of several senior experts in the field to oversee the evaluation and selection process.

The Institute for Computational Physical Sciences at Fudan University (Shanghai, China), led by Professor Xin-Gao Gong, will serve as the supporting institute for the award.

"We hope the Michele Parrinello Award will recognize scientists who have made significant contributions to the field of computational condensed matter physics and at the same time set a benchmark for the younger generation, providing clear direction for their pursuit—this is precisely the original intention behind establishing the award."

——Professor Xin-Gao Gong

The first edition of the award was officially launched on 1 November 2025. Nominations will be accepted before the end of March 2026. For further details, please visit mparrinelloaward.org.

About the MDPI Sustainability Foundation and MDPI Awards

The Michele Parrinello Award is part of the MDPI Sustainability Foundation, which is dedicated to advancing sustainable development through scientific progress and global collaboration. The foundation also oversees the World Sustainability Award, the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award, and the Tu Youyou Award. The establishment of the Michele Parrinello Award will further enrich the existing award portfolio, providing continued and diversified financial support to outstanding professionals across various fields.

In addition to these foundation-level awards, MDPI journals also recognize outstanding contributions through a range of honors, including Best Paper Awards, Outstanding Reviewer Awards, Young Investigator Awards, Travel Awards, Best PhD Thesis Awards, Editor of Distinction Awards, and others. These initiatives aim to recognize excellence across disciplines and career stages, contributing to the long-term vitality and sustainability of scientific research.

Find more information on awards here.

9 October 2025
Meet Us at the 3^rd International Conference on AI Sensors and Transducers, 2–7 August 2026, Jeju, South Korea

Following from our two previous successful editions, we invite you to submit your abstracts and participate in the 3rd International Conference on AI Sensors and Transducers, taking place from 2 to 7 August 2026 in Jeju, South Korea.

Organized by MDPI and the open access journals Sensors, Micromachines, AI Sensors, Micro and Remote Sensing, this in-person conference will once again bring together experts and participating researchers who will share insights and innovations in sensors, sensing technology, transducers and artificial intelligence.

Start preparing your abstracts:
Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your work to peers and leading experts in AI-enhanced sensing systems and transducers. We will be announcing the session topics at AIS 2026 soon.

Find out more about the instructions for authors: https://sciforum.net/event/AIS2026?section=#instructions.

Find out more about the publication opportunities available for authors: https://sciforum.net/event/AIS2026?section=#Publicationopportunities.
Please feel free to share the information about this conference to your colleagues and students.

We look forward to welcoming you in Jeju!

The organizing committee of the 3rd International Conference on AI Sensors and Transducers (AIS 2026).

12 January 2026
Meet Us at the 12th Annual Innovations in Large-Area Electronics Conference (innoLAE 2026), 17–19 February 2026, Cambridge, UK

MDPI will be attending the 12th Annual Innovations in Large-Area Electronics Conference from 17 to 19 February 2026 in Cambridge, UK. We welcome researchers from diverse backgrounds to visit our booth and share their latest ideas with us.

Organised by the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Large-Area Electronics (CIMLAE), the 12th annual Innovations in Large-Area Electronics Conference (innoLAE 2026) will take place at the University of Cambridge. It aims to highlight the most innovative and exciting aspects of large-area electronics under the theme of “Innovations in Large-Area Electronics - printed, flexible, hybrid, plastic, organic, bio-electronics”. This conference will be attended by researchers (from both academia and industry), manufacturers, equipment suppliers, integrators and users to explore the latest emerging technology and the development of products incorporating large-area, printed, flexible, hybrid, plastic, organic and bio-electronics. Applications covered include the Internet of Things (IoT), flexible lighting and displays, energy harvesting, automotive, healthcare and wellness, smart packaging, wearables and integrated smart systems. The innoLAE conference garners an equal balance of delegates from industry and academia, creating an important platform for advancing the state of the art, supporting innovation, making connections between academia and industry and building collaborations.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

Electronics;
Micromachines;
Microelectronics;
Chips;
JPBI;
Semiconductors and Heterogeneous Integration;
AppliedPhys;
JLPEA;
Biosensors;
IoT;
Hardware;
Sensors;
Surfaces.

We welcome you to visit the MDPI booth at the Cripps Court Conference Centre, Magdalene College. Our representatives are excited to meet you in person and will address any questions you may have. For further details about the conference, please visit the following website: https://innolae.org/.

9 January 2026
MDPI’s Newly Launched Journals in December 2025

We have expanded our open access portfolio with eight new journals publishing their inaugural issues in December 2025, as well as three journal transfers. These additions span physical sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, environmental and Earth sciences, medicine and pharmacology, and public health and healthcare. We extend our sincere thanks to the Editors-in-Chief, Associate Editors, and Editorial Board Members who are shaping these journals’ direction. All journals uphold strong editorial standards through a thorough peer review process, ensuring impactful open access scholarship.

Please feel free to browse and discover more about the new journals below.

New Journals

Founding Editor-in-Chief(s)

Journal Topics (Selected)

Dr. Elisa Felicitas Arias,

Université PSL, France

Editorial | view inaugural issue

atomic clocks; time and frequency metrology; GNSS systems; relativity and relativistic timekeeping; fundamental physics in space |

view journal scope | submit an article

Prof. Dr. José F.F. Mendes,

University of Aveiro, Portugal

Editorial | view inaugural issue

complex systems; network science; nonlinear dynamics and chaotic behaviour; information theory and complexity; computational complexity |

view journal scope | submit an article

Prof. Dr. Roberto Morandotti,

Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique—Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications (INRS), Canada

Editorial | view inaugural issue

light generation; light sources and applications; light control and measurement; human responses to light; lighting design |

view journal scope | submit an article

Prof. Dr. Savvas A. Chatzichristofis,

Neapolis University Pafos, Cyprus

Editorial | view inaugural issue

generative AI and large language models in education; multimodal and embodied AI; personalization and adaptive systems; assessment, feedback, and academic integrity; learning analytics |

view journal scope | submit an article

Prof. Dr. Jon Andoni Duñabeitia,

Universidad Nebrija, Spain

Editorial | view inaugural issue

cognitive psychology; cognitive neuroscience; psycholinguistics; applied linguistics; experimental psychology |

view journal scope | submit an article

Prof. Dr. Caiwu Fu,

Wuhan University, China;

Prof. Dr. Longxi Zhang,

Peking University, China

Editorial | view inaugural issue

cultural practices; cultural theory; cultural policy; cultural heritage; transregional and transnational cultural flows|

view journal scope | submit an article

Dr. Ghassem R. Asrar,

iCREST Environmental Education Foundation, USA

Editorial | view inaugural issue

biosphere interactions, processes, and sustainability; ecosystem science and dynamics; biodiversity conservation; global change and environmental adaptation; biogeochemical cycles |

view journal scope | submit an article

Dr. Giuseppe Mulè,

University of Palermo, Italy

Editorial | view inaugural issue

cardiorenal syndromes; chronic heart failure and chronic kidney disease; cardiorenalmetabolic syndrome; hypertension and diabetes in relation to the abovementioned syndromes; diagnostic techniques |

view journal scope | submit an article

Transferred Journals	Editor-in-Chief	Journal Topics (Selected)
	Prof. Dr. Peter Matt, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital (LUKS), Switzerland Editorial \| view first issue	cardiology; cardiovascular and aortic surgery; cardiovascular anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology; congenital heart disease and pediatric cardiology; cardiovascular regenerative and reparative medicine \| view journal scope \| submit an article
	Prof. Dr. Oana Săndulescu, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania; National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Prof. Dr. Matei Bals”, Romania Editorial \| view first issue	infectious diseases across clinical and public health domains; epidemiology of communicable diseases; clinical microbiology and applied virology; vaccinology and immunization; host–pathogen interactions and immunity \| view journal scope \| submit an article
	Dr. Roxana Elena Bohiltea, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania Editorial \| view first issue	public health; disease prevention; screening and early detection; lifestyle interventions and health education; digital and innovative prevention \| view journal scope \| submit an article

We would like to thank everyone who has supported the development of open access publishing. If you would like to create more new journals, you are welcome to send an application here, or contact the New Journal Committee (newjournal-committee@mdpi.com).

31 December 2025
MDPI INSIGHTS: The CEO's Letter #30 - Scaling with Integrity, Highly Cited Researchers, KEMÖ Consortium, Michele Parrinello, and Best PhD Thesis Awards

In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.

Opening Thoughts

With colleagues at MDPI headquarters in Basel, representing the people behind our global growth and shared commitment to integrity.

Scaling with Integrity: A Year of Growth, Responsibility, and Trust

When I look back on 2025, one phrase seems to sum up the year: “Scaling with integrity.” That was our watchword for 2025, and it will remain so as we move forward in to 2026.

Our journal portfolio continued to grow in 2025, reflecting the trust of a widening proportion of the scholarly community.

Today, MDPI has 355 journals indexed in Scopus and 330 in Web of Science – a testimonial to the scale at which our journals meet established external quality criteria. During the year, 45 of our journals were newly accepted into Scopus and 29 into Web of Science (this excludes transferred journals to our portfolio that were already indexed), following rigorous, independent evaluation by the world’s leading indexing bodies

Meeting external quality benchmarks

These results underline the fact that scaling responsibly is not only about expanding our catalogue, but also about meeting external quality benchmarks consistently, transparently, and at scale. Our indexing performance remains one of the strongest independent validations of MDPI’s commitment to rigor, trust, and long-term sustainability.

Over the course of 2025, we made targeted investments to ensure that the integrity of our editorial process scaled to keep pace with our growth. We strengthened our editorial governance by doubling down on our dedicated Publication Ethics department, appointing a Head of Ethics, and expanding our research integrity team by the addition of new specialists plus the creation of embedded editorial ethics roles across key journals. We also introduced new internal ethics guidelines, pre-review integrity checks, and monitoring dashboards to help teams identify potential issues and apply consistent standards across our portfolio.

Besides investing in systems and tools, we of course also invested heavily in our people and culture, delivering organisation-wide training on topics such as image integrity, AI use in publishing, and ethical oversight, while actively engaging with the wider publishing community through COPE and STM forums.

All these efforts reflect a simple principle: growth only matters if it is matched by rigor, responsibility, and trust.

Technology and AI: Supporting the editorial decision-making process

At MDPI, AI is designed to assist, not replace, editorial decision-making. It is one element in a broader system that combines people, technology, and processes to support scale responsibly.

In 2025, we continued to invest heavily in technology that supports quality rather than shortcuts. Our AI team doubled in size, ensuring that increased automation goes hand-in-hand with expertise and oversight. Proprietary AI tools such as Scholar Finder have significantly improved the precision of reviewer matching, while Ethicality has been widely adopted across editorial workflows to identify contextual signals, such as scope alignment and citation behaviour, so that human judgment can be applied where it matters most.

Partnerships: Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) agreements and Societies

Our recent growth is also reflected in the strength of our partnerships. In 2025, we entered into more than 150 new IOAP agreements, bringing our total to 975 active agreements worldwide. This activity included the signing of our first-ever consortium agreements in North America, renewals of all major national consortia in the UK, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Austria, and Croatia, and the conclusion of several flat-fee agreements. At the same time, we concluded a total of 30 agreements, encompassing 24 new Society affiliations, four strategic publishing partnerships, and two journal acquisitions.

In 2025, we opened MDPI USA in Philadelphia – our latest global office, which complements our Toronto office in representing North America. MDPI USA is responsible for accelerating Open Access in the US through ongoing support of our scholars and for expanding our institutional and society partnerships.

On the other side of the globe, meanwhile, we signed an IOAP agreement in India, allowing researchers discounted Article Processing Charges (APCs), streamlined APC management for universities, and visibility into submissions, supporting India’s push for wider Open Access by offering flexible models and helping institutions meet national mandates such as Plan S.

Sustainability, sponsorships and awards

We continued to expand our sustainability efforts during 2025, hosting the 11^th World Sustainability Forum, awarding CHF 125,000 in sustainability-related funding, and launching the Z-Forum on Sustainability and Innovation conference, which will officially take place in January 2026.

We also saw a record year for conference sponsorships and awards (while establishing new awards such as the Michele Parrinello Award), recognising scholars across disciplines and reinforcing our commitment to supporting the global research community at every stage of the academic journey.

Deepening our relationships

In 2025, I had the opportunity to travel more widely than ever before on MDPI business, meeting many of our stakeholders face to face and relishing the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of their science communication needs. It was also excellent to visit a large number of MDPI offices and witness the commitment and service orientation of so many of our colleagues around the world. I shall resume my itinerary in the new year, and I look forward to many more such interactions.

Looking ahead to 2026, we will be celebrating a very significant milestone: 30 years of MDPI. From our foundation as a single Open Access journal in 1996 to the global publishing organisation we are today, our mission has remained consistent: advancing Open Access through rigorous and trustworthy scientific communication.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our stakeholders – authors, Editors-in-Chief, Editorial Board members, and reviewers – who have placed their trust in us during 2025. On behalf of the entire MDPI team, I look forward to deepening our relationships yet further in 2026 and celebrating 30 Years of Open Science at MDPI, something we’ve built together.

Basel, Switzerland, where MDPI was founded in 1996.

Impactful Research

621 MDPI Editors Named Highly Cited Researchers in 2025

I am pleased to share an important milestone for our editorial community and for MDPI. In late November, Clarivate announced the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers, and 621 MDPI Editorial Board Members were included among the most influential scientific contributors over the past decade!

The 621 editors come from 33 countries, representing 21 scientific disciplines, and account for nearly one in every ten Highly Cited Researchers globally. This recognition speaks to the depth of expertise across our Editorial Boards and the strength of the scientific communities that choose to collaborate with MDPI. It is important to note that while citation metrics are not in themselves a proxy for quality, they do offer one lens on sustained scientific influence.

“Our strength comes from the scientific communities who choose to work with us”

Why this is important

Having more than 600 editors recognized on this list highlights:

The high level of expertise guiding peer review across our journals
The global and disciplinary diversity within our Editorial Boards
Our commitment to maintaining strong, knowledgeable, and engaged editorial oversight

Impactful science is of course shaped by broad, diverse research communities, and no single metric captures the full picture of research quality. However, this recognition does serve as meaningful, independent affirmation of the calibre of many editors who contribute to MDPI’s work.

A closer look at the recognition

Clarivate’s methodology highlights researchers whose publications rank in the top one per cent by citation count, reflecting consistent influence over the past decade. The process includes:

Evaluation of c. 200,000 highly cited papers
Removal of retracted publications
Filtering of papers with unusually large authorship groups to focus on clear contributions

That so many of our editors meet these thresholds reflects the impact of the communities behind our journals.

What this means going forward

This recognition underlines the fact that our strength comes from the scientific communities who choose to work with us.

For authors, partners, and readers, it confirms that:

MDPI journals benefit from editorial guidance grounded in active, high-impact research
Our Editorial boards include leaders who are helping shape the future direction of their fields
MDPI continues to attract experts who value openness, efficiency, and scientific integrity

For our internal teams, it is a reminder that the work we do every day (supporting editors, refining workflows, and improving systems) directly contributes to the trust placed in MDPI by researchers worldwide.

Thank you to all our editorial teams, publishing staff, and journal relationship specialists, and to everyone who collaborates with our Editorial Boards. Achievements like this are only possible because of your ongoing hard work, dedication, and collaboration.

From our first annual MDPI UK Summit in Manchester, bringing together over 30 Chief Editors and Editorial Board Members to discuss MDPI’s mission, achievements, and collaborations in the UK.

Inside MDPI

MDPI Launches the Michele Parrinello Award for Computational Physical Science

In case you missed it, in November, we announced the launch of the Michele Parrinello Award. This new biennial international award will recognize pioneering contributions in computational physical science. The award honours Michele Parrinello, one of the most influential scientists of the past half-century in atomistic simulations and computational materials research.

This award reflects MDPI’s long-standing commitment to recognizing scientific excellence, supporting foundational research, and inspiring the next generation of scholars across disciplines.

“Be confident that what you do is meaningful”

Honouring a transformative scientific legacy

Professor Parrinello’s work has fundamentally reshaped how scientists model matter at the atomic scale. Together with Roberto Car, he introduced ab initio molecular dynamics, widely known as the Car–Parrinello method, opening new pathways in electronic structure calculations and molecular simulations. His subsequent contributions, including the Parrinello–Rahman method and metadynamics, have become core tools across physics, chemistry, materials science, and increasingly biology.

“Do not be afraid of new things. I see it many times when we discuss a new thing that young people are scared to go against the mainstream a little bit, thinking, ‘What is going to happen to me?’ and so on. Be confident that what you do is meaningful, and do not be afraid, do not listen too much to what other people have to say.”

– Professor Michele Parrinello

A global, community-led award

The award committee is chaired by Xin-Gao Gong, Professor of Physics at Fudan University and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The Institute for Computational Physical Sciences at Fudan University will serve as the supporting institute, reinforcing the award’s international and cross-cultural foundation.

Nominations for the first edition of the Michele Parrinello Award opened on 1 November 2025, with submissions accepted until March 2026. The award will recognize scientists whose work has advanced computational physical science across physics, chemistry, and materials research – fields increasingly central to energy, sustainability, advanced manufacturing, and technological innovation.

Why this matters for MDPI

The Michele Parrinello Award is part of the MDPI Sustainability Foundation, which supports science as a driver of long-term societal progress.

Alongside other foundation-level honours, including the World Sustainability Award, the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award, and the Tu Youyou Award, this new prize builds on our role in supporting excellence across career stages and disciplines.

MDPI journals and programs continue to recognize researchers through Best Paper Awards, Young Investigator Awards, Travel Awards, Best PhD Thesis Awards, and Outstanding Reviewer Awards. Together, these initiatives reflect a simple belief: strong scientific communities are built through recognition, trust, and sustained support.

As MDPI approaches its 30th anniversary, the launch of the Michele Parrinello Award highlights our commitment not only to publishing research but also to helping shape the future of science by celebrating those who expand its boundaries.

Coming Together for Science

KEMÖ Consortium (Austria) Extends Open Access Agreement with MDPI until 2027

I’m pleased to share that MDPI has renewed its Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) agreement with the Austrian library consortium KEMÖ, extending our partnership through 2027.

The renewed agreement now includes 23 Austrian institutions, with the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) joining the partnership. Participating institutions benefit from APC discounts across MDPI’s more than 495 journals, with centralized funding options further reducing the administrative burden for researchers and libraries.

“This renewal reflects shared commitment to advancing Open Access publishing in Europe”

Austria continues to be an important and engaged research community for MDPI, with 525+ Austrian Editorial Board Members, eight Editors-in-Chief, and 15 Section Editors-in-Chief contributing to our journals.

This renewal reflects long-term trust and shared commitment to advancing Open Access publishing in Europe, and improves MDPI’s collaboration with national OA infrastructures such as the Open Access Monitor Austria. Such long-term agreements show how MDPI’s growth is increasingly built on institutional trust, collaboration, and shared commitment to Open Access.

A big thank-you to the IOAP team and everyone involved in supporting this partnership.

Closing Thoughts

Celebrating the Next Generation of Scholars: MDPI’s 2024 Best PhD Thesis Awards

One of the privileges of working in scholarly publishing is supporting the beginning of new scientific journeys. We recently announced the recipients of MDPI’s 2024 Best PhD Thesis Awards, recognizing some of the most promising emerging researchers across disciplines.

These awards do more than celebrate academic excellence. They reflect something deeper about our mission: supporting the next generation of authors and the future of Open Science.

Recognition of Excellence

This year, we made awards to 55 early-career researchers across seven fields:

For those of you who have completed a PhD, you’ll know first-hand that behind each number is a story of perseverance, curiosity, and sustained effort. These researchers represent institutions around the world, with thesis topics spanning:

Brain–machine interfaces and neural engineering
Sustainable materials and next-generation batteries
Cancer genomics, tumour microenvironments, and immunotherapy
AI-driven image analysis, robotics, and computational models
Climate change monitoring and environmental risk assessment
Regenerative medicine, biomaterials, and drug development

These dissertations are early signs of the scientific directions that will shape the coming decade.

“Our mission is about building a global community of authors”

Why this is important

Every year, millions of scholars begin their research careers with limited visibility and few platforms for sharing their work. By recognizing outstanding PhD theses, we elevate authors early in their academic journeys, build MDPI’s connection to the global research community, reinforce our commitment to quality and rigor, and highlight the depth and breadth of scholarship published across our portfolio (from biology to materials science to mathematics).

A foretaste of the future

These 55 awardees represent the next generation of researchers whose work will influence science, policy, and society in the years ahead. What we support today helps shape the scientific ecosystem of tomorrow. Our mission goes beyond publishing papers. It is about building a global community of authors who will define the next era of scientific discovery.

To explore more about MDPI Awards, including current and upcoming Best PhD Thesis Awards, please click here.

Thank you to the editors, reviewers, and teams across MDPI who make these awards possible each year.

Everything we achieved this year was made possible by the collective effort of our global teams and the trust placed in us by the scholarly community. Thank you again, and here’s to the successful continuation of our collaboration in 2026!

Stefan Tochev
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG

11 December 2025
MDPI’s Journal Cluster of Instruments and Instrumentation Webinar | Next-Generation Smart Biosensors for Healthcare and Environmental Monitoring, 12 December 2025

Instruments and instrumentation is an important research field that encompasses the application of instruments for the observation, measurement, or control of physical and/or chemical systems.

These applications are widely used in various fields such as physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, food, the environment, energy, aerospace, transportation, consumer electronics, and the IoT, among others.

Date: 12 December 2025 at 2:00 p.m. CET | 8:00 a.m. EST
Webinar ID: 852 9438 2663

Program:

Speaker/Presentation	Time in CET
Prof. Dr. Raffaele Velotta Chair Introduction	2:00–2:15 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Larysa Baraban Real Time Clinical Diagnostics for the Patients using Microfluidics	2:15–2:40 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Seokheun Choi Self-Powered and Smart Biosensing Systems Enabled by Electrogenic Bacteria	2:40–3:05 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Raffaele Velotta UV-Driven Photochemical Immobilization of Antibodies for Robust Gold Nanoparticle Colorimetric Sensors	3:05–3:30 p.m.
Dr. Qasem Ramadan Integrated Sensing in Organ-on-a-Chip Systems: Innovations in On-Chip and Off-Chip Strategies	3:30–3:55 p.m.
Q&A Session	3:55–4:10 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Raffaele Velotta Closing of Webinar	4:10–4:15 p.m.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.

Unable to attend? Register anyway, and we will let you know when the recording is available to watch.

Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:

Prof. Dr. Raffaele Velotta, Department of Physics Ettore Pancini, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy;
Prof. Dr. Seokheun Choi, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, USA;
Prof. Dr. Larysa Baraban, ¹ Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany; ² Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research, Helmholtz Center Dresden Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, Germany; ³ Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Faculty of Medicine, Technical University of Dresden, 01037 Dresden, Germany;
Dr. Qasem Ramadan, College of Science and General Studies, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Relevant Special Issues:

Sensors
“Advanced BioMEMS and Their Applications”
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Seokheun Cho
Deadline for manuscript submissions 20 December 2025

Micromachines
“Current and Emerging Microfabrication Techniques for Lab-on-a-Chip and Biomedical Microdevices: From Photolithography to 3D Printing”
Guest Editor: Dr. Qasem Ramada
Submission deadline 31 July 2026

“Micro/Nano-Enabled Sensors and Systems for Environmental Monitoring: Innovation and Applications”
Guest Editor: Dr. Lijuan Liang
Submission deadline 28 February 2026

Instruments
“Applied Metrology and Instrumentation for Emerging Technologies”
Guest Editors: Dr. Milena Martarelli, Dr. Sabatina Criscuolo and Dr. Valentina Bello
Submission deadline 28 February 2026

Relevant Paper:

AI Sensors
“A Review of Non-Invasive Continuous Blood Pressure Measurement: From Flexible Sensing to Intelligent Modeling”
by Zhan Shen, Jian Li, Hao Hu, Chentao Du, Xiaorong Ding, Tingrui Pan and Xinge Yu
AI Sens. 2025, 1(2), 8; https://doi.org/10.3390/aisens1020008

11 December 2025
Article Layout and Template Revised for Future Volumes

We are pleased to announce updates to our article template, aimed at improving the readability and visual appeal of our publications. The following updates will be applied to articles published in volumes in 2026, starting from 19 December 2025.

Left information bar:

Updated the logo and URL for “Check for updates”;
Removed the “Citation” section (Note: Citation details remain accessible via “Cite” in the online article version);
Changed the link in “Copyright” to a hyperlink format.

Footer:

Added a DOI link at the bottom-right corner of each page.

The updated template is now available for download from the Instructions for Authors page of each journal.

We hope that the new version of the template will provide users with better experience and make the process more convenient.

For any questions or suggestions, please contact our production team at production@mdpi.com.

19 November 2025
Meet Us at the 11^th International Conference on Biosensors, Bioelectronics, Biomedical Devices, BioMEMS/NEMS & Applications, 11–14 December 2025, Suzhou, China

Conference: The 11th International Conference on Biosensors, Bioelectronics, Biomedical Devices, BioMEMS/NEMS & Applications
Date: 11–14 December 2025
Location: Suzhou, China

MDPI will be attending the 11th International Conference on Biosensors, Bioelectronics, Biomedical Devices, BioMEMS/NEMS & Applications as an exhibitor. The conference will be held from 11 to 14 December 2025. We welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest ideas with us.

The 11th International Conference on Biosensors, Bioelectronics, Biomedical Devices, BioMEMS/NEMS & Applications is organized by National University of Singapore.

The conference will focus on the following topics:

Biosensors;
Biomedical devices;
Bioelectronics;
BioMEMS/BioNEMS;
Robotics;
AI Medicine/AIoT/Edge AI.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are planning to attend this conference, please do not hesitate to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://bio4apps2025.scimeeting.cn/en/web/index/32102.

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Transferred Journals	Editor-in-Chief	Journal Topics (Selected)
	Prof. Dr. Peter Matt, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital (LUKS), Switzerland Editorial \| view first issue	cardiology; cardiovascular and aortic surgery; cardiovascular anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology; congenital heart disease and pediatric cardiology; cardiovascular regenerative and reparative medicine \| view journal scope \| submit an article
	Prof. Dr. Oana Săndulescu, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania; National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Prof. Dr. Matei Bals”, Romania Editorial \| view first issue	infectious diseases across clinical and public health domains; epidemiology of communicable diseases; clinical microbiology and applied virology; vaccinology and immunization; host–pathogen interactions and immunity \| view journal scope \| submit an article
	Dr. Roxana Elena Bohiltea, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania Editorial \| view first issue	public health; disease prevention; screening and early detection; lifestyle interventions and health education; digital and innovative prevention \| view journal scope \| submit an article

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