This edition of RDPA is fully dedicated to the memory of Emeritus Professor Sergio Pinzauti.

Born in 1939 in Florence, Sergio Pinzauti was Full Professor of the University of Florence from 1987 to 2010, having several institutional roles. He was Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy from 1995 to 2001 and from 2007 to 2010. He was a member of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences - of which he was the Director from 1988 to 1994 - and of the Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff". He was also a member of the Board of Directors (1992-1995). Author and co-author of more than 230 publications in (bio)pharmaceutical analysis, in 1983 Prof. Pinzauti contributed to the launch of the "Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis" (Elsevier), of which he became Editor in 2002. Creative and proactive, Prof. Pinzauti was founder and organizer of the series of biennial international conferences on "Recent Development on Pharmaceutical Analysis” (RDPA) and of the annual "Summer Course on Pharmaceutical Analysis” (SSPA).

We will miss him for his high scientific profile, his dedication to research and teaching with enthusiasm and innovation in the ambit of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis.