Anna Grazia Mignani

Anna Grazia Mignani was born in Bologna, Italy, in 1957. She received the Graduate degree in physics and the Ph.D. degree in nondestructive testings from the University of Florence, Firenze, Italy. Since 1983, she has been at CNR-Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy, at present as a Senior Scientist. Her research interests include fiber optic, guided-wave, and microoptic sensors, and fiber optic sensor networks. Her recent activity deals with spectroscopy for food applications, especially for multianalysis of nutraceutic indicators. This activity is documented by many journal and conference publications, invited talks, and some international patents. She managed national and international research contracts on application-oriented optical sensing. She chaired the 14th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, some SPIE Conferences on Optical Sensing, and she served as the Guest Editor of the IEEE Sensors Journal and IOP Measurement Science and Technology. She is a Member of the Board of the Italian Society of Sensors and Microsystems and an SPIE Fellow.