**About the Editors**

**Alexey Iordanskii** currently works at the Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Scientific involvement includes physical concept of transport phenomena in ultrathin fibers, planar films as well as the other micro- and nano-scaled polymer objects in biomedicine, environmental science and packaging. A. Iordanskii graduated Lomonosov Moscow University and then earned Ph.D. and DSc dissertations sequentially in the areas of Polymer Materials Chemistry and Physical Chemistry of biopolymers. Its current project is 'Biodegradable composites and ultrathin fibers for biomedicine and environmental applications. Morphology, diffusion, and molecular dynamics.' Accordingly, his research activities are expressed by 250+ international scientific publications and 1159 citations (via Scopus) with H-index = 17.

**Nadia Lotti** (Ph.D.) is Associate Professor at the University of Bologna since 2011. She carries out her research in the field of Chemistry and Technology of Polymers. She is engaged in national and international research projects. Collaborates with various national and European institutes. Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Waste Management and Environmental Issues, Applied Science, Sustainability and Polymers of MDPI. Education: Teaching courses within the SSD CHIM / 07 at the University of Bologna, CdS in Civil, Biomedical and Electronic Engineering for Energy and Information. Supervisor and Co-supervisor of Bachelor's, Master's Degree and PhD's Theses. Member of the Teaching Body of the Research Doctorate in Industrial Chemistry (up to the XXV cycle), of the Research Doctorate in Civil, Environmental and Materials Engineering (up to the XXXIII cycle), currently of the Doctorate in Health & Technology, all activated at the same Athenaeum. Academic Career: - 1989: Degree in Chemistry with 110/110 cum laude from the University of Bologna, - 1989-1992: PhD in Industrial Chemistry carried out at the University of Bologna. - 1991: 6-month internship at the University of Massachusetts (U.S.A.) under the supervision of Prof. R.W. Lenz. 1993: annual scholarship funded by the CNR. - 1994: winner of a place in the qualification of Collaborative Chemist put up for competition by the Usl n◦ 38 of Forl`ı. - 1995 Researcher at DICASM, Faculty of Engineering 2 of the University of Bologna. - 2011 Associate Professor at DICAM, of the University of Bologna. Current research interests: The research interests are addressed to the synthesis and molecular, solid-state and in melt characterization of polycondensates, and to the chemical modification of commercial polymers. She currently focuses her research on the topic of the synthesis of polymers from renewable sources for packaging applications and that of biopolymers for biomedical use. Publications: 163 publications in international journals (2306+ citations, Hindex = 27) (scopus) and about 110 Communications at Conferences.

**Michelina Soccio**, Ph.D. is Researcher at Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering of University of Bologna, since 2017. M. Soccio is graduated in Industrial Chemistry at University of Bologna (2004). M. Soccio earned Ph.D in Industrial Chemistry at University of Bologna in 2008. Ph. D. Thesis "Synthesis, characterization and properties-structure correlations of innovative polyesters for special employs". She worked as post-doc at the Department of Applied Chemistry and Science of Materials of University of Bologna (2008–2010); at Institute for the Structure of Matter of CSIC in Madrid, Spain (2011–2013); at Department of Materials Science and Engineering of Penn State University, State Collage, Pennsylvania, USA (2014); at the Department of Applied Chemistry and Science of Materials of University of Bologna (2014–2017). Michelina Soccio's research topics concern the synthesis, modification and characterization of high performance polymeric materials for industrial applications as well as of novel biodegradable and biocompatible polyesters for tissue engineering and packaging. She is co-author of 94 international scientific publications (Hindex = 22; 1334 citations).
