**About the Editors**

#### **Angela Malara**

Angela Malara is a Researcher at the Department of Civil Engineering, Energy, Environment and Materials of the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria (Italy). Her research activity is focused on the development, the synthesis and the characterization of innovative nanostructured materials for energy, catalytic, environmental and sensing applications. She is the author of publications in international journals, national and international conference proceedings and co-inventor of one European patent.

#### **Patrizia Frontera**

Patrizia Frontera is an Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Energy, Environment and Materials of the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria (Italy). She obtained her Ph.D. in Chemical and Materials Engineering from the University of Calabria. Her research interests are related to the evaluation of catalytic activity of micro-mesoporous materials, hydrogen production from hydrocarbons, exploitation of CO2 for output of value-added products and investigations into nanostructures fabricated by electrospinning for employment in fuel cells, sensing and electrocatalysis. She is the author of more than seventy papers published in international journals, one European patent and about one hundred national and international conference proceedings.
