Presenting the 2023 awardees of Robert Kellner and DAC-EuChemS lectures: Congratulations to ABC's Chair Editor Antje Baeumner and long-term ABC supporter Damià Barceló.

The article announces the recipients of the 2023 DAC-EuChemS and Robert Kellner Award Lectures in analytical chemistry. Damià Barceló and Antje J. Baeumner received the awards for their research on microplastics in the aquatic environment and nanomaterials in biosensors, respectively. They discuss their motivations, research focus, and the importance of real-world applications and addressing environmental challenges. The article also covers topics such as biosensors, wearable and intelligent sensors, nucleic acid-based rapid tests, sample preparation strategies, and challenges in environmental analysis. It emphasizes the importance of proteomics in public health and mentions the identification of SARS-CoV-2 proteins in wastewater. The authors also discuss the pressure to publish in academia and offer advice to young scientists, while acknowledging the global impact of Chinese and Indian research. [Extracted from the article]