**About the Editors**

#### **Helder I. Chamin ´e**

Helder I. Chamine is a skilled Geologist (B.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc.), with over 32 years of experience ´ in multidisciplinary geoscience research and practice. He is a Coordinator Professor at the School of Engineering (ISEP), Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal. Additionally, he is the Head of the Laboratory of Cartography and Applied Geology at ISEP. Presently, he belongs to the directive board of the Portuguese Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) and the Technical Committee of Environmental Geotechnics of the Portuguese Geotechnical Society (SPG). In addition, he has been on the editorial board of the *Geosciences* MDPI, Hydrogeology Journal, Geotechnical Research ICE, Springer Nature Applied Sciences, Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, and Discover Water. His main research interests are hard rock hydrogeological and GIS-based mapping for water resources; urban groundwater for sustainable water resources management and planning; vulnerability mapping and geohazards; hydrogeomechanics and underground environments; military geosciences and groundwater; higher education dissemination and geo-professional core values.

#### **Maria Jos ´e Afonso**

Maria Jose Afonso is a skilled Hydrogeologist (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.) with over 32 years of ´ experience in urban groundwater, hard-rock hydrogeology and applied geology research. She is an Adjunct Professor at the School of Engineering (ISEP), Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal. Her main research interests are urban groundwater for sustainable water resources management and planning; urban vulnerability mapping and geohazards; hard-rock hydrogeology and water resources; hydrogeochemistry in both natural and anthropogenic environments; as well as applied geology and hydrogeotechnics.

#### **Maurizio Barbieri**

Maurizio Barbieri is a skilled Geologist (B.Sc., Ph.D.) with over 27 years of experience and is a Full Professor at the Department of Chemical, Materials and Environmental Engineering of Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. He is the Head of the Geochemistry Laboratory at the Sapienza University of Rome. Presently, he is a Fellow of the Association of Applied Geochemists and European Chair (Italy) of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health. He has been on the editorial board of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Chemie der Erde, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, Water, Geofluids and Discover Water. In addition, he is editor-in-chief (Hydrogeology Section) for *Geosciences* MDPI. His main research interests are environmental geochemistry, environmental hydrogeology; hydrogeochemistry; urban groundwater and geochemistry processes; water–rock Interaction; water resources management; geoenvironment and geo-hazards.
