Peter Vandenabeele is professor at Ghent University and head of the Raman spectroscopy research group. He is doctor in analytical chemistry and performed research on applications of Raman spectroscopy in several research fields, including cultural heritage artefacts. He is member of the department of Archaeology at Ghent University and associated member to the department of Chemistry at the same institution. His main research topics involve novel applications of Raman spectroscopy, especially involving the development and application mobile instrumentation. Until now, Vandenabeele has co-authored 170+ research papers and several books on this research topic.