**About the Editor**

#### **Gianfranco Carotenuto**

Gianfranco Carotenuto is Research Director at the Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB) at the Italian National Research Council in Naples. He received his degree is in Chemistry (1991) and PhD in Materials Technology and Industrial Plants (1994) at the University 'Federico II' of Naples, Italy. He was a post-doctoral student (1995) at The Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP), Clarkson University, Potsdam (New York State, U.S.A.); visiting scientist (1996) at INM (Leibniz-Institute fur Neue Materialen) in Saarbr ¨ ucken ¨ (Germany); post-doctoral student (1997–1998) at the Department of Material Science and Production, University 'Federico II' of Naples; contract researcher (1999–2000) at the Institute for the Technology of Composite Materials (ITMC-CNR) in Naples; and then a researcher (2001) at the Institute for Composites and Biomedical Materials (IMCB-CNR) in Naples. Dr. Carotenuto became a contract Professor (2000–2010) at the Engineering Faculty and the Letters and Philosophy Faculty, University 'Federico II' of Naples. He is author or coauthor of numerous publications on international journals in the field of material science and engineering and Editor of two books on 'Metal-Polymer Nanocomposites' published by Wiley. He has 10 international patents and has given many presentations at national and international conferences. His Scopus H-Index is 23 (as of 8 January 2020). His present research interests are the following: functional microcomposite materials, metal–polymer nanocomposites, solid-state ionic conductors, polymer-supported graphite nano-coatings, polymer-embedded nanostructures, chemical sensors, and sustainability.
