**About the Editors**

#### **Andrea Petrella**

Andrea Petrella (Associate Professor) was born in Bari in 1976. He graduated with an M.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Bari in July 2001 and received his Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences from the University of Bari in 2005. In 2007, he became the Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Technology at the Polytechnic University of Bari. Since March 2022, he has been an Associate Professor in Materials Science and Technology at the Polytechnic University of Bari. He is the author of more than 70 papers in refereed scientific journals (SCOPUS: h-index 26, citations 1748). His research fields are summarized as follows: use of recycling organic and inorganic materials in the building trade and/or in the removal of heavy metals present in wastewater; photocatalytic materials for the degradation of bio-persistent pollutants in water and wastewater; and nanocomposites for energy conversion and for novel optical devices.

#### **Marco Race**

Marco Race, an Associate Professor, was born in Napoli. He graduated with an MSc in Environmental Engineering at Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in May 2012 and gained his Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Analysis at UNINA in 2016, according to the European Label. His main research fields concern the treatment of waste or wastewater, the remediation of soil and groundwater, novel contaminant (bio)monitoring and risk assessment approaches, and trace metals and organics in biogeochemical cycles. He is the author of more than 100 papers published in international journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters. He won the international award for soil reclamation.

#### **Danilo Spasiano**

Danilo Spasiano, Associate Professor, was born in Naples in 1984. He graduated with an MSc in Environmental Engineering at Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in October 2009 and obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the same university in 2013. His main research fields concern the treatment of asbestos, containing wastes, and wastewater treatment by means of an advanced oxidation process. He has coauthored more than 60 papers published in international journals and indexed on Scopus.
