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### **About the Editors**

**Massimo Vitelli** was born in Caserta, Italy, in 1967. He received the laurea degree (cum laude) in electrical engineering from the University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy, in 1992. He is currently a Full Professor at the Department of Engineering, Universita degli Studi della Campania ` "Luigi Vanvitelli," where he teaches electro technics and power electronics. He has been engaged in many scientific national and international projects. He has co-authored several national and international patents. His main research interests include maximum power point tracking techniques in photovoltaic applications, power electronics circuits for renewable energy sources, vibration energy harvesting systems, methods to harvest and store energy from any available source, and methods for analysis and design of switching converters. He is an Associate Editor of the *IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics*.

**Luigi Costanzo** was born in Villaricca (Napoli), Italy, in 1989. He received his master's degree (cum laude) in electronic engineering from the Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy, in 2014, and Ph.D. degree in industrial and information engineering from the Department of Industrial and Information Engineering, Universita degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Caserta, Italy, ` in 2017. He is currently a Research Fellow at the Department of Engineering of Universita degli Studi ` della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli." He is the co-author of more than 30 Publications and 2 Patents. His main research interests include maximum power point tracking techniques in photovoltaic applications, vibration energy harvesting systems, power electronics circuits for renewable energy sources, methods for analysis and design of switching converters, methods to harvest and store energy from any available source.
