**About the Editors**

## **Rachele Venanzi**

Rachele Venanzi (Researcher) obtained the Environmental Science and the Forest Science degrees at Tuscia University in Viterbo and a PhD degree in Forest Mechanization at Padua University. Since 2013, she has both worked as a researcher in Forestry and Forest Logging and Wood Technologies at Tuscia University, and has been part of the 'Forest Utilization Work Group' at Tuscia University (DAFNE). Her fields of expertise include sustainable forest operations; reduced impact logging; QBS-ar index; sustainable forest management; and forest mechanization. She has worked as the Italian representative in an EU COST Action on silviculture. Furthermore, she has co-authored 81 peer-reviewed papers in international journals indexed by WoS and Scopus, 6 technical books, and over 24 papers in technical magazines. She also works on the editorial boards of international scientific journals covering forestry and forest engineering subjects as Guest Editor. She is a member of the Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology.

## **Janine Schweier**

Janine Schweier (Researcher) obtained a Forest Science degree and a doctoral degree at the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources of the University of Freiburg, Germany. From 2008 to 2019, she worked as a researcher in Forestry at the same University with a focus on Life-Cycle Assessment and Sustainability Impact Assessment of forest–wood chains. In 2019, she moved to the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research (WSL) where she is head of the research group Sustainable Forestry. Her research focus includes sustainable forest operations, forest ecosystem services, forest economy in a changing environment, and forest digitalization. She has co-authored more than 40 peer-reviewed papers in international journals indexed by WoS and Scopus and contributed to many technical magazines, guidelines, and book chapters. She is editorial board member of the *International Journal of Forest Engineering* and the *Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering*, member of the expert committees "silviculture and forest technique" and "forest machines" of the German Center for Forest Work and Technology (KWF) and board member of the Swiss Wood Innovation Network.

## **Rodolfo Picchio**

Rodolfo Picchio (Professor) obtained a Forest Science degree and a PhD degree in Forest Mechanization at Tuscia University in Viterbo. From 2004 to 2014, he worked as a university researcher, and since 2014 has been an Associate Professor in Forest Logging and Wood Technologies. Since 2004, he has led the 'Forest Utilization Work Group' at Tuscia University (DAFNE). From 2015 to 2017, he served as the president of the master's degree of Forest Science "Conservation and Restoration of the Forest Environment and Soil Defense" at Tuscia University (DAFNE). He is on the board of the PhD course "Engineering for Energy and Environment" at Tuscia University. His fields of expertise include forest logging, forest mechanization, precision forestry, wood technologies, and the environmental impacts of wood harvesting operations. He has worked as the Italian representative in two EU COST Actions, on silviculture and biomass. Furthermore, he has co-authored 136 peer-reviewed papers in international journals indexed by WoS and Scopus, 18 technical books, and over 160 papers in technical magazines. He also works on the editorial boards of five international scientific journals covering forestry and forest engineering subjects. He is a member of the Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology.
