**About the Editor**

**Giovanni Cilia** graduated cum laude with a Veterinary Biotechnological Sciences master's degree at the University of Milan (Italy) in 2016. He obtained a Ph.D. in Veterinary Sciences from the Department of Veterinary Sciences at the University of Pisa. Since 2021, he has been working at CREA Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment in Bologna, working on honey bee pathogens and molecular biology. He performs support teaching and seminar activities for the "Infectious Bacterial Diseases", "Microbiology and Immunology", "Microbiology and Biotechnology Applied to Animal Production", and "Veterinary Hygiene" courses in the Department of Veterinary Sciences at the University of Pisa. During this time, he applied for an internship at a different research institutes, including the National Reference Center for Leptospirosis of Institute Pasteur (Paris, France). At present, his research topics aim toward the research of bees, with particular attention to honey bee infectious diseases (viruses, bacteria and fungi), insect molecular biology and wild bees. He is the author/co-author of several scientific publications in international journals, the Editor of some infectious disease Special Issues, and the Topic Editor of "Veterinary Sciences".
