Dr Chris D. Geddes is Professor of Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Director of the Institute of Fluorescence, and Associate Director of the Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy at the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Medical Biotechnology Center, Baltimore, USA. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Fluorescence and both the Editor-in-Chief and Founding Editor of the Journal Plasmonics, The Who's Who in Fluorescence, Reviews in Fluorescence and Reviews in Plasmonics annual volumes, as well as Executive Director of the Society of Fluorescence. Dr Geddes has published over 120 scientific articles, papers, review articles, books and book chapters on the principles and applications of fluorescence.