ISABELLA DALLE-DONNE, PHD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Milan, Italy. She has a PhD in cellular and molecular biology from the University of Milan.

ANDREA SCALONI, PHD, is First Investigator at the Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, ISPAAM, National Research Council in Naples, Italy. He received his PhD in chemical sciences from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" in Italy.

D. ALLAN BUTTERFIELD, PHD, is Alumni Professor of Chemistry and Director of the University of Kentucky Center of Membrane Sciences in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. He received his PhD in physical chemistry from Duke University.