Spampinato AG has completed his PhD from Würzburg University and Post-doctoral studies from Iowa State University, Lausanne University, and Freiburg University. He held a Full-Professorship till 2005 in Oldenburg Germany, and privately continues his research on Wasteless Solid-State Chemistry (since 1984), AFM on rough surfaces (since 1988), the non-stochastic but versatile and better resolving sub-diffraction-limit microscopy for unstained non-fluorescing materials of all types (resolution <10 nm, since 1995), and nano-indentations (since 2000). He has published more than 300 papers in renowned journals and has been serving as an Editorial Board Member of several scientific journals.