**About the Editors**

#### **Dimitrios S. Paraforos**

Prof. Dr. Dimitrios S. Paraforos is serving as a Deputy Professor of Agricultural Engineering in Special Crops at the Hochschule Geisenheim University (Department of Technology, Von-Lade-Str. 1, D-65366 Geisenheim, Germany). He holds an MSc from the University of Thessaly (Greece) and, in 2016, obtained a PhD from the University of Hohenheim, both in Agricultural Engineering. His research focus is on precision farming, digital technologies in agriculture, and, more generally, on control systems, robotics, and automation applied to agriculture; in addition, he has obtained industry experience working as an automation engineer in the food industry. He is the author of more than 53 papers indexed by Scopus, with an important contribution in the field of sensors and ISOBUS technologies for the enhancement of agricultural practices. Currently, he is coordinating the ERA-NET ICT-Agri II European project iFAROS on developing methods for increasing the efficiency and precision of site-specific fertilizer application.

#### **Anselme Muzirafuti**

Dr. Anselme Muzirafuti, born in Rwanda, is an assistant professor at the University of Messina (Department of Mathematics, Computer Sciences, Physics and Earth Sciences, Via F. Stagno d'Alcontres, 31–98166 Messina, Italy). He holds a master's degree in Applied Geophysics and Geology Engineering obtained in 2015 from University of Moulay Ismail, Meknes (Morocco), and a PhD in Hydrogeophysics obtained in 2021 from the same University. Since 2009, he received multi-excellence scholarships for his higher education studies from different governments, including the Government of Rwanda, the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco, and the European Union. In 2016, 2018 and 2019, he participated in major conferences on climate change, sustainability and geoscience, namely, the 22nd Conference of Parties held in Marrakech (Morocco); the 24th International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference (action for a sustainable world: from theory to practice), held in Messina (Italy); and the 2019 European Geoscience Union General Assembly, held in Vienna (Austria). His research interest has been focused on the use of Structural Geology, Geomatics and Geophysics for sustainable management of territories. He worked on different projects, in Morocco and in Italy, related to geomorphological mapping and surveys using images acquired by satellites and drones. He recently worked as analysist of satellite images in the BESS project "(Pocket Beaches management and Remote Monitoring Systems)—Program Interreg VA Italia Malta 2014–2020". The results of his works have been presented at international conferences and published in international journals.

#### **Giovanni Randazzo**

Prof. Dr. Giovanni Randazzo is an associate professor of Coastal Geomorphology and Environmental Geology at the University of Messina (Department of Mathematics, Computer Sciences, Physics and Earth Sciences, Via F. Stagno d'Alcontres, 31–98166 Messina, Italy). He holds a PhD in Marine Environment and Resources obtained from University of Messina (Italy). Since 1987, his research interest has been focused on the study of the coastal area, on its management and protection. During these 30 years, he collaborated with the Smithsonian Institution of Washington D.C. in the study of the Nile Delta; with the Thai Geological Service in the study of the east coast of the local peninsula; and with ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), he participated in the X Italian expedition in Antarctica. He has collaborated in the environmental assessment impact of various public works (especially in the coastal area), and he participated in the drafting of the Territorial Landscape Plan of the Province of Messina (Sicily, Italy). In recent years, he has actively participated in the debate on the emergence of waste, writing scientific articles, intervening in the local press, and participating in various debates, where he presented a scheme of management of the emergency alternative to those not acting for the Sicilian Region. In 2013, he founded Geologis s.r.l., a branch of the University of Messina, active in the field of territory surveys using aerial and marine drones equipped with RGB cameras, LiDAR sensors, and thermal imaging cameras. On behalf of the European Union, he has coordinated at national level and/or as a local unit several projects related to coastal management and territorial security. Since December 2017, he has been the lead partner of the Pocket Beaches management and Remote Monitoring Systems (BESS) project as part of the Interreg Italy—Malta Program. He is the author of more than 120 scientific publications.

#### **Stefania Lanza**

Dr. Stefania Lanza is an administrator of Geologis s.r.l, an Academic Spin-Off of the University of Messina (Via F. Stagno d'Alcontres, 31–98166 Messina, Italy). In 2007, she obtained a PhD in Geology from the University of Messina (Italy) with a thesis on "The risk assessment of coastal areas: from planning to monitoring". She worked on different projects related to sedimentology and geomorphology mapping. In 2008, she took the final exam of the master course with a thesis entitled: "Coastal monitoring of the coast of Badalona (Spain) contribution to the 2007–2008 survey campaign" supervised by Prof. Jordi Serra of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. In 2013, she co-founded Geologis s.r.l., active in the field of territory surveys using aerial and marine drones equipped with RGB cameras, LiDAR sensors, and thermal imaging cameras. She recently worked as Coordinator of the Geomorphological and Sedimentological Activities of the Project in the context of BESS project "Pocket Beach Management & Remote Surveillance System—Program Interreg VA Italia Malta 2014–2020". She is currently working as coordinator of field activities in the context of the "BIOBLU project—Robotic Bioremediation for Coastal Debris in Blue Flag Beach and in a Maritime Protected Area—Interreg V-A Italy—Malta 2014–2020 program".
