**About the Editor**

**Candida Milone** (Prof.) is Full Professor of Chemistry at the University of Messina (Italy). She completed her PhD in "Chemistry of Materials" in 1993. She has been Head of the Department of Engineering at the University of Messina since 2018. She has been a member of the European Panel of the International Energy Agency (IEA) -Task 58 "Material and Component Development for Thermal Energy Storage" since 2017. Her scientific activity concerns the design, synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials for catalysis, environmental and energy applications. Currently, she is working on the development of more efficient and durable Thermochemical Energy Storage Materials for low- and middle-temperature waste heat storage, produced by renewable energy production plants.
