**About the Editors**

**Idiano D'Adamo** is an Associate Professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He worked in the University of Sheffield, the National Research Council of Italy, Politecnico di Milano, University of L'Aquila and Unitelma Sapienza. In August 2015, he obtained the Elsevier Atlas Award. He received two Excellence Review Awards: Waste Management in 2017 and Resources Conservation and Recycling in 2018. During his academic career, Idiano D'Adamo published 96 papers in the Scopus database, reaching an h-index of 35. His current research interests are the bioeconomy, circular economy, renewable energy, sustainability and waste management. Idiano is among the 100,000 Top Scientists, with a global ranking in both 2019 and 2020. Idiano is Section Editor in Chief in Sustainability. He is Associate Editor in Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management and Frontiers in Sustainability. Idiano has participated in scientific research projects (Horizon 2020 "Star ProBio", Life "Force of the Future") and has collaborated with relevant national institutes (MATTM, CNBBSV, SVIMEZ).

**Piergiuseppe Morone** is Full Professor of Economic Policy at Unitelma Sapienza, with a strong interest in green innovation and sustainable circular bioeconomy, researching at the interface between innovation economics and sustainability transitions, an area of enquiry that has attracted growing attention over the last decade. His work regularly appears in prestigious innovation and environmental economics journals. He is the coordinator of the Bioeconomy in Transition Research Group (BiT-RG) and the director of the School of Sustainability Studies and Circular Economy (SUSTAIN). Moreover, he is/was involved in several European projects (including: H2020, BBI-JU, Life, Erasmus+, COST, Horizon Europe and CBE-JU), acting as a scientific coordinator, vice-chair and WP Leader. He was economic advisor to the Italian Minister of the Environment, Land and Sea Protection, till February 2021. He is now the Local Unit Scientific Coordinator in the LIFE EBP project (2020-2024), and a Scientific Committee member of the BIOVOICES and Biobridges projects (BBI JU CSAs). Piergiuseppe is Associate Editor of Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy, member of the Editorial Boards of Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry (ELSEVIER) and Open Agriculture (De Gruyter Open) and acts as a Guest Editor for various journal, including the Journal of Cleaner Production (ELSEVIER) and Sustainability (MDPI). Since April 2022, Piergiuseppe has been the vice-chair of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) Scientific Committee.
