**Giorgio Brunialti**

Giorgio Brunialti, PhD, is one of the cofounders and project managers of TerraData environmetrics, a spin-off company of the University of Siena, Italy. In 1998, he received his master's degree in biology from the University of Genova. In 2005, he received a PhD from the University of Siena on the effects of forest management on lichen communities. He is an expert in lichen biology and biodiversity, including species diversity modeling and distribution of threatened species. His main research interests are focused on environmental monitoring by means of indicator species, standardization of biomonitoring methods, and quality assurance procedures in environmental monitoring. He serves as a member of the editorial board of *Forests*, *Environmental Monitoring and Assessment*, *International Journal of Biodiversity*, *Dataset Papers in Atmospheric Sciences*, and *ISRN Ecology*. He has published more than 90 papers in national and international peer-reviewed journals and books.
