**About the Editor**

**Franco Medici** is Associate Professor of Materials Science and Technology at the Sapienza University of Roma (2000).

He received his Master's degree in Chemical Engineering at Sapienza University of Roma in 1980. Since 1983, he has been working as researcher in the Applied and Chemical Institute of Engineering Faculty of the l' Aquila University. Then, in 1989, he joined the Department of Chemical Engineering, Materials and Environment of Sapienza University of Roma. Moreover, since 2021, he has been member of the academic team for the PhD in Chemical and Process Engineering.

He was (2006–2009) a scientific coordinator for the research national program (Italian Ministry of Education) titled "Recovery of waste materials: technological research, industrial scale-up and legislation." He is currently head of international cooperation projects in developing countries.

His current research seeks to investigate cement chemistry, solidification/stabilization of industrial wastes and recovery of waste materials. He has published 120 scientific papers exclusively on the above-mentioned topics. His H-index (Scopus) is equal to 20.
