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Salvatore Fanali

Head of the Capillary Electromigration and Chromatographic Methods Unit at the Institute of Chemical Methodologies, National Research Council (CNR), Monterotondo, Italy.

Most important lesson Be honest in obtaining results (useful in both science and one’s career). It is also very important to have great respect for all.

Funniest moment At a workshop back in 1991, I was delivering a lecture about capillary electrophoresis. Suddenly, there was a power failure (dark room, projector off.) But I continued my talk anyway.

Eye on the horizon The future is promising but with some important limitations (funding is a very big issue and decreasing each year). Although liquid chromatography is not a novel technique, it is very important in the field of separation science. There is room for further research; for example, stationary phase development, fast analysis, method optimization in various fields, miniaturization (also including capillary-LC), and the list goes on.

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Part of the Power List 2015

100 reasons to be proud

Welcome to The Power List 2015 – our second foray into the Top 100 most influential people in the world of analytical science. Though we realize our list can (and should) never be definitive, who can argue that the faces within – both familiar and new – do not beautifully highlight the brilliance and diversity found within our sometimes undervalued field?

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