• IEREK offers various types of participation. Applicants can apply for in-person attendance to benefit fully from conference discussions and knowledge exchange.

  IEREK also offers virtual attendance for authors to present their research papers online; however, we strongly encourage all applicants to attend the conference in person.

  Publication Types:

  Type 1:

  • Physical attendance + Publication through Scopus and  (SCImago), EI Compendex, zbMATH indexation)

    Through IEREK – Springer Nature Interdisciplinary book series “Advances in Science, Technology, and Innovation” (ASTI). See previous publication here.

  • Physical attendance + Publication through Scopus, Web of Science (SCImago), Ei Compendex, zbMATH indexation Through Springer Nature Interdisciplinary book series, “Sustainable Civil Infrastructure” see previous publication here! here.

  Type 2:

  • Physical attendance + Publication through Springer Nature new book series (to be indexed in Scopus soon)

    Through IEREK – Springer Nature Interdisciplinary book series “Sustainable Landscape Planning, and Natural Resources Management” (SLNR). See previous publication here.

  • Physical attendance + Publication through Open-access IEREK press Journals (to be indexed soon in Web of Science and afterward in Scopus)

  The physical fee covers:

  • The Conference Kit, which includes a softcopy of the abstract book, Conference notebook, IEREK pen, and Conference Flyers/Printouts.
  • IEREK Participation/Contribution Certificate
  • A Preliminary Acceptance Letter
  • Consideration for publication in the IEREK-Springer interdisciplinary series (ASTI series, SUCI series, SLNR Series by Springer) or IEREK Press, or any special issues available according to the type of registration in the table above.
  • Lunches and Coffee Breaks

  * Each research paper should have one main author who should pay the full fee (Author fees) regardless of attendance. Co-authors, each, have their fees to pay to attend the event. This applies to online attendance as well as physical attendance.

  * A research paper fee allows only one author, whether main or co-author, to attend the conference and receive only one conference kit. Extras can be requested for an additional fee.

Environmental Science & Sustainable Development (ESSD)

ESSD is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal that aims to systematically develop the research-driven curiosity and evidence-based discourse of aspiring scholars that seek to contribute to the academic community. As the world is currently living in an age of information where sources are widely available on the Internet, we at ESSD seek to efficiently utilize the available information to help create robust and evidence-based knowledge. In the process, we offer researchers, in general, and young and aspiring ones in particular a quicker way to get their work published and gain exposure through online open access. We pride ourselves on getting submitted work to be published quickly, through the use of our worldwide pool of subject specialist peer reviewers. Find out more about ESSD International Journal here.

The Academic Research Community Publication (ARChive)

ARChive is an open-access journal that publishes conference proceedings on a wide range of topics relating to social sciences. Consequently, it accepts original research papers on a wide spectrum of subjects. ARChive is a journal published on behalf of researchers that perpetually make an effort to contribute to their fields and provide them with high visibility of research submitted. The series publishes, both, theoretical and experimental high-quality papers of current and perpetual interest. It serves to cultivate, propagate, and essentially archive academic research that has been authored and submitted for academic conferences.

Find out more about ARChive International Journal here.

Proceedings of Science and Technology (Resourceedings)

Resourceedings is an open access journal that publishes conference proceedings. Conference proceedings compromise of different disciplines, ranging from Engineering including built environments, architecture, and sustainability. Disciplines also include Technology and Energy. Resourceedings is a journal that publishes research articles that shed light on different crucial issues in order to provide them with solutions and suggestions. The journal publishes articles submitted by researchers of interest in different fields.

Find out more about Resourceedings International Journal here.

BAHETH International Journal - Arabian Researchers Database (Arabic Papers only)

“BAHETH” in Architecture, Engineering, and Technology, is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original academic research in the fields of Architecture, Engineering, and Technology. The journal welcomes research in the Arabic Language with an English Abstract. Papers submitted to this journal in Arabic must be presented in the English Language in the conference.

Find out more about BAHETH International Journal here.

Professor Mattheos Santamouris

Anita Lawrence Professor of High-Performance Architecture in the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Mat Santamouris is the Anita Lawrence Professor of High-Performance Architecture at the University of New South Wales in Australia. He is a past professor at the University of Athens, Greece, and visiting Professor at the Cyprus Institute, Metropolitan University of London, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Bolzano University, Brunnel University, and the National University of Singapore. Past President of the National Center of Renewable and Energy Savings of Greece.

Editor in Chief of the Energy and Buildings, Past Editor in Chief of the Journal of Advances Building Energy Research, Associate Editor of the Solar Energy Journal and actual or past Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Solar Energy, Journal of Buildings and Environment, Journal of Sustainable Energy, Journal of Low Carbon Technologies, Journal of Open Construction and Building Technology, Sustainable Cities and Society and of the Journal of Ventilation. Editor of the Series of Book on Buildings, Energy and Solar Technologies published by Earthscan Science Publishers in London.

Editor and author of 15 international books on topics related to heat island, solar energy, and energy conservation in buildings published by Earthscan, Springer, etc. Guest editor of twelve special issues of various scientific journals. Scientific coordinator of many international research programs and author of almost 290 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed international scientific journals. Reviewer of research projects in 15 countries including USA, UK, France, Germany, Canada, Sweden, etc. Expert in various International Research Institutions. His Scoups H index is 93.

Professor Patrizia Lombardi

Full Prof. Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Polytechnic University of Turin - Vice-Rector for Sustainable Campus and Communities

Patrizia Lombardi (PhD, MSc, BA/MA) is Full Professor in Decision making for Sustainable development and Vice-Rector for Sustainable Campus and living lab at Politecnico di Torino where she coordinates the Green Team Office. She also leads the Circular Economy Platform in partnership with Environment Park. She has been Pro-Rector of PoliTo since 2021 and Head of Department of Urban and regional development since 2018. Since 2019, she is the President of the Network of Universities for Sustainable Development, managing ecological transition of universities at national level. At European level, she is Expert Member of Consultation Group for the Coordinated Plan for advanced materials, nominated by Italian Ministry of University. Previously, she has been nominated as Expert Member of the Technical Structure by the Italian Sustainable Mobility and Infrastructure Minister (2020-22) and member of the Group of Experts for Third Mission, by the ANVUR Italian Agency for Research University Assessment (2019-23). She is member of the Territories Observatory of Ragioneria dello Stato and iiSBE member for innovation in Built environment protocols development. She has been conducting research at international level in the field of sustainable development of territories for more than 25 years, coordinating a large number of research projects on competitive calls. She has received a number of national and international awards and prizes. She is Honorary Fellow of Western Sydney University and co-editor of international scientific journals. She has authored over 270 scientific publications on the topics of circular economy and sustainable development of cities and communities, including cultural heritage, energy transition, smart city, nature-based solutions, innovation in agriculture and the built environment.

Professor Constantinos Vassiliades

Assistant Professor Department of Architecture, Land and Environmental Sciences, Neapolis University Pafos, 2 Danais Avenue, Paphos 8042, Cyprus

Dr. Constantinos Vassiliades is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture, Land and Environmental Sciences, Neapolis University of Pafos. He studied with a scholarship at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where in 2012 got the Diploma of Architect Engineer with an excellent performance and was awarded as the best graduate. In 2018 he completed his Doctoral Dissertation at the Department of Architecture of the University of Cyprus, which deals with the building integration of photovoltaic and solar thermal systems. He is a Research Associate of the University of Cyprus and the Cyprus University of Technology, a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Naples “Federico II” and a Visiting Lecturer at the Division of Architecture and Water of Luleå University of Technology (LTU), as well as a partner at “Vassiliades Architects”.

Constantinos deals extensively with the sustainability, technology, and energy efficiency of buildings on the architectural side, both professionally and within his research. He participated in relevant research projects, where he made publications, participated in conferences, taught in training schools in Barcelona and Warsaw, and he is selected as one of the 26 Rising Researchers of the ACU British Council Commonwealth Futures Climate Research Cohort.

Several of his studies have been published in architectural and research journals and he is the author of the book “Building Integration of Active Solar Systems: A Handbook”. He is a Qualified Building Energy Efficiency Expert for Buildings Used as Houses of the Cyprus’ Ministry of Commerce, Energy, Industry and Tourism, member of ETEΚ (Technical Chamber of Cyprus) and of the Cyprus Architects Association.

Professor Konstadinos Mattas

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece – School of Agriculture

Research interests: Food and European Policy and analysis, Rural Development, Agricultural Marketing and Investment Analysis, and International Trade inter-industry analysis with a specialization in Input-Output models.

He has published more than 300 referred articles in international journals, collective volumes, and proceedings, having been cited approximately 5.000 times. He has contributed to international and Greek conferences and served as a referee to several journals, books, collected volumes, etc.

He is managing editor and participates on the editorial boards of several scientific journals. His experience is broadened by his employment as a manager in an enterprise processing agricultural products and by his employment at the Ministry of Agriculture for several years.

 He has supervised more than 20 PhD students also he is an expert in impact and policy analysis and has served in several relevant EU and National Food Policy Committees. He also served for six years as a member of the Board of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE).

Professor Mattas has an extensive experience in Research projects, as he has successfully undertaken the roles of Scientific and Project Coordinator in more than 30 European Research Projects (currently coordinator of a Horizon 2020 Biodiversity project: BIOVALUE https://www.bio

Prof. Eric D. van Hullebusch
Full Professor of Biogeochemistry of Engineered Ecosystems, Institute of Earth Physics of Paris, France

Prof. Eric D. van Hullebusch received his PhD (Aquatic Chemistry and Microbiology) from Université de Limoges (France) in 2002. From November 2002 until October 2004 he was a Marie Curie Postdoctoral fellow at Wageningen University & Research (the Netherlands) where his research focused on the optimization of anaerobic granular sludge reactors by studying the speciation, bioavailability and dosing strategies of trace metals. In 2005, he was appointed as associate professor in biogeochemistry of engineered ecosystems at Université Paris-Est (France).

In 2012, Eric van Hullebusch obtained his Habilitation qualification in Environmental Sciences from Université Paris-Est (France). The title of his Habilitation thesis is “Biofilms in the environment: from anaerobic wastewater treatment to material bioweathering”. From September 2016 until August 2018, he worked at IHE Delft as chair professor in Environmental Science and Technology and head of the Pollution Prevention and Resource Recovery chair group. In September 2018, he joined Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (France) as full professor in Biogeochemistry of engineered ecosystems.

Dr. Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA),
Greece

Dr. Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos was born in 1972 in Greece and he is of Greek origin: Kalamata (Peloponnese) Greece and Evia (Aegean Island) Greece. He holds 2 PhDs and he is a Teaching and Research Associate at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece. He has also accumulated a more than 25 years teaching service at NTUA (from 1996 onwards) and ten-years teaching service at other University Schools, including: Hellenic Naval Academy (2 years), Merchant Marine Academy of Aspropyrgos, Greece (2 years), and School of Pedagogical and Technological Education of Athens (ASPAITE) (4 years).

Dr. Kyriakopoulos is a reviewer for 400 scientific journals, having reviewed more than 5200 manuscripts. A subtotal of 2003 manuscripts was reviewed for 156 journals, having weighted impact factor 7.281 (cumulative impact factor: 14583).
-Scopus database: The top-250 highly cited papers (out of 5200 manuscripts reviewed) gather 12118 citations: h-index: 60 and i-10 index: 250.
-Scopus database: The top-50 most cited papers (out of the top-250 highly cited papers) have been cited 66-335 times and gather 6331 citations, having a mean value of 127 citations per top-50 most cited paper.

Prof. Helder I. Chaminé
School of Engineering (ISEP), Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal

Helder I. Chaminé is a skilled Geologist and Professor of engineering geosciences at the School of Engineering (ISEP) of the Polytechnic of Porto, with over 33 years of experience in multidisciplinary geosciences research, consultancy, and practice. He studied geological engineering and geology (BSc, 1990) at the Universities of Aveiro and Porto (Portugal), respectively. He received his PhD in geology at the University of Porto in 2000 and spent his postdoctoral research in applied geosciences at the University of Aveiro (2001-2003). In 2011, he received his Habilitation (DSc) in geosciences from Aveiro University.

Before joining the academy, he worked for over a decade on international projects for mining, geotechnics and groundwater industry and/or academia related to geodynamics and regional geology, hard-rock hydrogeology and water resources, engineering geosciences and applied geomorphology, rock engineering and georesources. His research interests span fundamental to applied fields: GIS mapping techniques for applied geology, structural geology and regional geology, engineering geosciences and rock engineering, slope geotechnics, mining geology and hydrogeomechanics, hard-rock hydrogeology, exploration hydrogeology, urban groundwater and hydromineral resources. In addition, he has interests in mining geoheritage, history of cartography, military geosciences and higher-education dissemination, skills, and core values.

Dr. Domenico M. Doronzo
Ph.D, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Italy

Dr. Domenico M. Doronzo holds a B.Sc., a M.Sc., and a Ph.D. degree in Earth Sciences from Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy. Investigation specialties related to those degrees are physical volcanology, experimental and computational fluid dynamics, petrology, and natural hazards. Then, he has worked in volcanology and sedimentology, fluid dynamics and combustion, environmental sciences, and rock physics in the United States, Mexico, Spain, and Italy. Currently, he is a contract Researcher at Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy. Particularly, he has received the Rittmann Medal from Associazione Italiana di Vulcanologia and Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, which is assigned to the best young Italian volcanologist. His research interests focus on integrating theory, field measurements, numerical modelling, laboratory and outdoor experiments to study geological processes and products in volcanic areas (Vesuvio, Campi Flegrei, Etna, Vulcano, Colli Albani, Tenerife, Altiplano Puna, Colima) from fluid dynamic and natural hazard perspectives. He studies specifically pyroclastic energy currents, pre-eruption conditions, ground deformations, eruption forecasting, lahars and debris flows, flow- building interactions, sand and dust storms, turbidity currents, man-made environmental phenomena, and geo-resources. Recently, he has published the first comprehensive review on the famous 79 CE ‘‘Pompeii’’ Plinian eruption of Vesuvius by means of a multidisciplinary approach in volcanology. He is a Chief Editor of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences responsible for evaluating submissions in the fields of Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology, and Volcanology.

Prof. Ioannis Vardopoulos
Harokopio University | HUA · Department of Economics and Sustainable Development
BEng, MSc, MSD, PhD

Studied civil engineering, and did his postgraduate studies first in environmental management and conservation and later in sustainable development with honors distinction. Holding a doctorate in applied urban sustainability, he conducts high-quality research toward addressing key concerns of the contemporary built environment through principles of applied sustainability. His research interests include a wide range of urban sustainability aspects. Among the top five authors in the field of building reuse (adaptive reuse) according to Scopus (data for the year 2022). He is One of the three most representative works in the field: My individually authored research paper titled “Critical sustainable development factors in the adaptive reuse of urban industrial buildings. A fuzzy DEMATEL approach” according to Scopus (data for the years 2021, 2022) . Best submitted research was awarded with The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) Scholarship to be presented at The IAFOR Conference On Heritage & The City - New York (HCNY2018). Harokopio University awarded the Summa Cum Laude Honors Distinction Scholarship (Highest Ranking Graduate). AHP Pro Application granted by Transparent Choice Limited represented by CEO Stuart Easton to perform masters’ thesis research experiments. ErasmusPlus Masters’ Courses Scholarship to study Environmental and Management Systems at the Universidade Aberta (UAb) in Lisbon, Portugal.

Rector Professor Giuseppe ZIMBALATTI

Rector of the University of Reggio Calabria, from August 3, 2022.

Full Professor of Agricultural Mechanics at the University of Reggio Calabria since 2007, Associate Professor from 2000 to 2007 and Researcher from 1990 to 2000.
He holds a degree in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Naples Federico II and is a member of the Order of Agronomists and Foresters of the Province of Reggio Calabria.
Zimbalatti has carried out extensive research on agricultural and forestry mechanisation, machinery and equipment for the agri-food and forestry industries, and equipment for the production, conversion, use and saving of energy for agro-industrial production systems. In order to deepen his understanding of these topics, he has undertaken research stays in leading foreign university centres (England, United States, Scotland, Poland, Ireland, Slovakia). He has coordinated and participated in numerous national, public, private, and international research programmes in these fields.
He has been the scientific director of numerous research congresses and has also been the director of several level I and II masters programmes.
With more than 180 publications, including 49 in Scopus-indexed journals with an h-index of 15 and 543 citations, Zimbalatti is included in the list of commissioners of the National Scientific Qualification (ASN).
From 2007 to 2010 he was Deputy Director of the Department of Agricultural and Forestry Science and Technology at the University of Reggio Calabria. In addition, from 2018 to 2021, he was Vice President of the National Conference for Undergraduate Teaching of AG.R.A.R.I.A (Agriculture, Forest Resources, Environment, Animal Resources, Land Engineering, Food).
He was the coordinator of Italian full professors for SSD Agr/09 - Agricultural Mechanics from 2019 to 2021.
He is Corresponding Academician of the Accademia dei Georgofili in Florence, Italy, a Full Academician of the Italian Academy of Forestry and an Ordinary Academician of the National Academy of Olives and Olive Oil. Since 2022 he has held the position of Vice President of the Italian Association of Agricultural Engineers (AIIA).
He has held various management positions in public administration, with institutional responsibility for the adoption of administrative acts and measures, financial, technical, and administrative management, and the organisation of human, instrumental, and control resources:
- Director General of the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria from 5 May 2021 to 20 June 2022;
- Director of the Ministry of Agriculture for the three-year period 2015-2018 and for the three-year period 2018-2021;
- Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Forestry of the Region of Calabria from May 2010 to February 2015. He also briefly held this position on an interim basis for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Universities.

Vice-Rector Professor Francesca Fatta

Architect, PhD, Full Professor of Representation at the Department of Architecture and Territory of the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria.

Coordinator of the Doctorate Course in Architecture from cycle XXXIV to XXXVII; President of UID (Unione Italiana Disegno) from 2019 and for the three-year period 2021-24; Director of the scientific journal diségno and of the scientific series diségno ed. Franco Angeli; Member of the ASN SC 08/E1 DISEGNO Commission 2012/14 and 2021/23; Deputy Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for internationalisation for the three-year period 2022-2025. She conducts research in the fields of design, representation and communication for Cultural Heritage. She is enrolled in REPRISE for ERC areas: Cultural studies, cultural identities and memories, cultural heritage (SH5_8), Computational modelling and digitisation in the cultural sphere (SH5_12), Visual and performing arts, film, design (SH5_4), Historiography, theory and methods in history, including the analysis of digital data (SH6_1), Computer graphics, computer vision, multi media, computer games (PE6_8).
Keywords topics: indirect survey methodologies, 3D data acquisition and modelling, modelling, tangible and intangible cultural heritage, visual communication tools and techniques.

Professor Lucia DELLA SPINA

Architect, Ph.D. in Evaluation Methods in Urban Planning and Architectural Design.

Associate Professor of Real Estate Appraisal and Valuation of Plans, Programmes and Projects, at the Department of Architecture of the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Visiting Professor at University of Granada (Spain) 2023, University of Salford, Manchester (UK) 2017, Universida de Trás-os-Montes Alto Douro (Portugal) 2016, and School of Public Affairs San Diego University (USA) 2013.
Member of the International Scientific Committee of IEREK - International Experts for Research Enrichment and Knowledge Exchange (since 2014).
Member of the SIEV - Italian Real Estate Appraisal and Investment Decision Society.
Invited speaker at national and international conferences, doctoral schools, and Italian and foreign universities.
Co-scientific coordinator of the International Symposium "New Metropolitan Perspectives".
Scientific Director of the LaborEst – Economic Evaluations and Real Estate Appraisals, university research laboratory of Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria (Italy).
Editor-in-Chief of the journal "LaborEst" (E-ISSN 2421-3187 ) scientific open access journal of LaborEst Lab.
Member of the Scientific Editorial Board of the journal "Valori e Valutazioni. Teorie e esperienze" (ISSN 2036-2404), open access scientific journal of the SIEV Society, indexed by SCOPUS (Elsevier).
Member of the Thematic Advisory Board of the journal BUILDINGS (ISSN 2075-5309), indexed by Scopus (Elsevier) and WoS (from 2022). Member of the Scientific Editorial Board of the following MDPI Open Access scientific journals, indexed by SCOPUS and WoS; Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309); Land (ISSN 2073-445X); Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Scientific coordinator and member of research groups in national and international research projects.
She carries out research in the fields of Real Estate Appraisal and Multidimensional Evaluations in hybrid, collaborative, and interactive decision-making contexts, typical of urban design and territorial planning, developing decision support systems for the valorization of cultural heritage and landscape, for urban regeneration and territorial transformation, integrating specific methods and tools for economic, multi-criteria and multi-actor evaluations.
Main areas of expertise: SDG_Goal 11-Sustainable cities and communities. SH1_5-Competitiveness, innovation, research, and development. SH1_6-Econometrics; operations research. SH2_6-Sustainability sciences, environment, and resources. SH3_1-Environment and sustainability. SH3_8-Urbanization and urban planning, cities. SH6_12-Cultural heritage.

Professor Aurora PISANO

Professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics at the University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy since 2005.

 Professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics at the University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy since 2005. In 1995 she graduated (MS) cum Laude in Civil Engineering at the School of Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy and in 1999 she obtained a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering – Structures, at the University of Pavia, Italy. current academic position: Professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics.

Professor Pisano has been a visiting researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTNU) in Throndeim (Norway) at the Instituto Superior Tecnico of Lisbon, (Portugal), and at the National Technical University of Athens (Greece). Member of the editorial board of several International Journals and member of National and International associations of structural Mechanics.

Her main research interests are: Non-local elasticity theory: Analytical solutions of non-local problems. Non-local Finite Element methods. Non-local formulations and Numerical solutions. Composite Materials: Mechanical characterization and numerical modelling of industrial prototypes. Limit analysis of prototypes for marine and aeronautical. Reinforced concretes: Concrete structures reinforced with FRP and/or steel.  Limit analysis of prototypes for civil applications. Biomechanics: Limit analysis of human femur. Evaluation of the seismic vulnerability at territorial scale.

Teacher in Courses of Statics, Design, Solid and Structural Mechanics for undergraduate students in Architecture and Engineering. Board Member of the International and National Doctoral Courses.

She authored more than 100 publications and Co-Editor of two books.

Webpage: http://www.pau.unirc.it/scheda_persona.php?id=680

Professor Marina TORNATORA

Architect, associate professor in Architectural Design at the Department of Architecture and Territory – dArTe – within the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, curator of the Egypt Pavilion at the 18th Biennale di Venezia 2023.

She is a member of the Doctorate Board and responsible for international relations. She coordinates the Double Degree Program with the Ain Shams University from Cairo, and she became Visiting Professor at the London Metropolitan University (2019). The focus of her theoretical, design and teaching activities is the relationships between city, landscape and architecture, that are evident in her numerous publications, curated exhibitions, as well as the interventions in workshops and conferences developed also within the Research Laboratory Landscape_inProgress (LL_inP) founded together with Ottavio Amaro in 2014.
Some of her recent publications: DESTRATIFICATION ’29 ’65 ’sk14 ‘2020 16th Biennale di Venezia 2018; 99FILES, Brutalism Skopje 2019; H2O_Scapes. Agro Urbe Nature; Learning from Pavilion. 

Professor Francesco SUNSERI

Professor of Plant Genetics and Breeding at the Dipartimento Agraria, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy.

 The research activity is actually focused on genetics and molecular assisted selection on horticultural crops such as asparagus, tomato and eggplant. The expertise includes plant breeding methodologies and new technologies such as molecular markers, genomics and proteomics which allow to shorten the classical time-breeding program with particular emphasis on vegetables such as tomato and eggplant. The analysis, characterization and exploitation of plant genetic resources is another key research area.
From 1990 Member of the Italian Society of Plant Genetics (S.I.G.A.) and from 2000 of the International Society Horticultural Science (I.S.H.S.). Associate Editor for BMC Plant Biology and Frontiers in Plant Science. Author of 88 scientific publications indexed in ISI and Scopus databases. H-index=27
Research Interest :Genetic structure of plant biodiversity. Genomics and Transcriptomics. Genomic Wide Association Selection and Mapping (GWAS). Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS). Molecular Assisted Selection (MAS). QTL analysis and cloning. Plant abiotic stress with particular interest to Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE).

Professor Giovanni SPAMPINATO

Professor of Environmental and Applied Botany (SSD BIO/03) at Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria.

He received his Ph.D. degree in Environmental Sciences, Phytogeography of the Mediterranean Territories from the University of Catani with a essay on the ecology and vegetation of watercourses. His research interests lie in the broad areas of on biodiversity at the level of species and plant communities with original research to improving the knowledge on flora, vegetation, and habitat of the Mediterranean territories. Specifically, his research focuses on several areas of Environmental and Applied Botany as floristic, phytogeography, biodiversity monitoring and mapping, conservation status assessment of species and habitats, sustainable management of natural heritage, vegetation science, plant taxonomy, climate change effects plant distribution.
More than 200 publications (124 Scopus documents, 24 h-index) testify to Spampinato's scientific research activity. Recent projects for which he was scientific coordinator include: GYPWORLD Project, funded by the European Commission under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme/MSCARISE-2017 Grant Agreement n. 777803 (2018 – 2023); - "Scientific Support to the Monitoring Activities of natural and semi-natural habitats of the flora and fauna species of the Natura 2000 Network in Calabria" POR Calabria FESR-FSE 2014-2020. Action Plan - Axis 6 - Protection and Enhancement of the Environmental and Cultural Heritage: Actions 6.5.A1. (2017– 2020); "Sistema Carta Natura" POR Calabria FESR-FSE 2014-2020. Action Plan - Axis 6 - Protection and Enhancement of the Environmental and Cultural Heritage: Actions 6.5.A1. (2020 – 2023); PRIN 20222 PNRR “Nature-based solutions for resilient cities using green surfaces in buildings” (2023 – 2025).
Giovanni Spampinato is a member of various scientific societies, including the Italian Botanical Society (SBI), the Italian Society of Plant Sciences, the Organisation for the Phyto-Taxonomic Investigation of the Mediterranean Area (OPTIMA), the Federación International de Phytosociologiae (FIP), he has been an associate editor and is on the editorial board of several journals, such as "Plant Sociology", and is a reviewer for many journals.

Professor Mariateresa RUSSO

Deputy Rector and  Professor at Department of Agriculture - Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Italy

PhD Food Biotechnology, professor of Food Chemistry, Deputy Rector with responsibility for University Major Projects and Research Infrastructures.  Delegate for Research, Technology Transfer, and Third Mission - Department of Agriculture. Member of the Board of International PhD ICT Engineering -Topic: Innovative Tools for Food Safety- PhD School at University of Reggio Calabria. Vice-president of Italian Society of Food Chemistry,  Scientific Director of the Food Chemistry, Safety and Sensoromic Laboratory (FOCUSS LAB), University research laboratory of Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria and Scientific Coordinator of Research Infrastructure Diaita. Visiting professor at Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador (2019). Since 2018 Member of the Quality Assurance Group of the LM26 - Food Science and Technology Course, she was  National Agency for the Evaluation of the University and Research System (ANVUR) VQR Referee during 2004-2010, 2011- 2014, 2015-2019   - GEV 03 Chemistry.

She is an Academic member of the International Academy of Sensory Analysis; a founding member of “Italian-Latin American Society of Ethnopharmacy, Food and Health” SILAE Foundation, an international research network with researchers from research institutions and universities in 104 countries and founding member the Scientific Association Nutriketo.  Member, representing Italy, of the Presidential Office of the scientific society “Mediterranean Group on Pesticide Research” (MGPR), a scientific network involving universities from Mediterranean Area.  She is, reviewer for many journals, and, also, member of Editorial Board of the Journal indexed by SCOPUS and WoS: Exploration of Foods and Foodomics, Plants and Pharmacology online. She has been member of scientific and Organizing committees of national and international meetings and president of international congress; co-Project designer, scientific coordinator and member of research groups in national and international research projects and scientific supervisor (principal investigator) of many projects. 

She is member of the board of directors, representing the University of RC, of the Tech4You Innovation Ecosystem and co-Leader of Spoke 3.  

Included in the Register of Scientific Experts of: Horizon (n. EX2017D302118), European Commission, Research & Innovation, MIUR-REPRISE (sections: Basic research; Industrial research and development; Economic and financial evaluations) and Technological Innovation Ministry of Economic Development.

She carries out research in the fields of development of analytical methods with high resolution instruments food profiling and fingerprinting,  and food contaminants studies; Food Computing for biotraceability and the development of innovative devices for the fight against counterfeiting; development of biomimetic sensor techniques (olfactory, gustatory, optical sensors). She authored more than 190 publications and Co-author of two books.

Professor Massimiliano FERRARA

ICRIOS - Bocconi University & Decisions_LAB - Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy.

Massimiliano Ferrara received the master’s degree (cum laude) in economics from the University of Messina, the master’s degree (cum laude) from the University of Naples Federico II, the master’s degree (cum laude) from the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, and the Ph.D. degree (cum laude) from the University of Messina. He has been a Research Affiliate with the ICRIOS–Invernizzi Center for Research on Innovation, Organization, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University Bocconi of Milan, since 2013, the President of Scientific Committee of the MEDAlics Research Center, and the Scientific Director of the DECISIONS Lab. He was a General Counsel of the Fondazione Banco di Napoli, the Vice Rector with the University for foreigners “Dante Alighieri’’ of Reggio Calabria, and the Head of Region Calabria Department for Cultura, Research and Education. He was a Visiting Professor with Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, Western Michigan University, USA, Morgan State University, Baltimora, MD, USA, the Northeastern University di Boston, USA, and recently with the Center for Dynamics of Dresden University of Technology, Germany. He is currently a Full Professor of mathematical economics, business analytics & decision theory, applied economics with the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, where he was also the Chairman of the Department of Law, Economics & Human Sciences, and a Member of the Academic Senate. He is an author of more than 220 research papers published in peer-reviewed Journals edited by Nature, IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, Wiley and etc. He has been Knight Order of Merit of the Italian Republic since 2010 “for international scientific merits”. He also received the “Hepites Award” by Romanian Academy of Science in 2010, the Silver Medal by Universiti PUTRA Malaysia in occasion of Invention, Research and Innovation Exhibition (PRPI) in 2016, and recently he was listed as the 2% top scientists released by Stanford University- Elsevier in 2022 and 2023.
He serves as Editor, Co-Editor, Associate Editor several Journals. In particular: NATURE-Scientific Reports (Editorial Board Member), Mathematics - MDPI Section Financial Mathematics (Editor in Chief), Applied Sciences (Editor), Soft Computing, Dynamic Games and Applications, Mathematical Problems in Engineerings (Associate Editor). He is actually serving as Referee over 200 international scientific Journal in economics, pure and applied mathematics indexed by SCOPUS, WoS, MathSciNet.

Professor Marina MANCINI

Associate Professor of International Law at the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, teaches European Union Law (since 2015).

She is also Adjunct Professor of International Criminal Law at LUISS University (since 2007).
She is a member of the Human Rights Review Panel of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo – EULEX KOSOVO (since April 2023).
She has published widely in the areas of human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. She is the author of the books “Stato di guerra e conflitto armato nel diritto internazionale” [State of War and Armed Conflict in International Law] (Turin, Giappichelli, 2009) and “Statualità e non riconoscimento nel diritto internazionale” [Statehood and Non-Recognition in International Law] (Turin,
Giappichelli, 2020). She is also a member the Board of Editors of the Italian Yearbook of International Law.
Marina Mancini has substantial experience in funded research projects in the fields of human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. She is the principal investigator of the research project “Advancing Accountability for International Crimes through Universal Jurisdiction: Challenges for the European Union
and its Member States and Proposals for Action (UNIJUR)” (2023-2025), funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (PRIN 2022). Moreover, she is the Italian member of the Management Committee of the COST Action CA18228 - Global Atrocity Justice Constellations (2019-2023).
Professor Mancini earned her degree in Law, summa cum laude, from LUISS University,
in 1998, and received her PhD in International Law from Sapienza University of Rome, in 2003. She was Postdoctoral Fellow in International Law at LUISS University (2003-2005) and Senior Lecturer in International Law at the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria (2005-2015).
She was admitted to the Rome Bar Association (Ordine degli Avvocati di Roma) in 2002 and regularly provides advice on international law issues, including human rights violations.

Professor Felice ARENA

Professor of Ocean Engineering at the ‘Mediterranea’ University of Reggio Calabria, where he is Director of the Natural Ocean Engineering Laboratory NOEL

Since 2022, he has been Vice Rector of the ‘Mediterranea’ University.

He is author of more than 300 papers, published in international Journals, books and in Conference Proceedings.

He is: in the Editorial Board of “Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics”, by Elsevier;  Associate Editor of “ASME Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering”; Associate Editor of the “Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy”, by Springer; Specialty Chief Editor in Wave and Tidal Energy in “Frontiers in Energy Research”.

He has been scientific supervisor (principal investigator) of many Italian and international projects, on offshore engineering and marine energy (including project supported in the programs FP7 - TEN-T – Horizon 2020).

He was in the “ISSC Ocean Space Utilization Committee (V.6)”, of the ISSC (2018-2022). At present he is in the “ISSC Environmental Committee” that operates from 2022 up to 2025.

Since 2003 he is in the High Counsel of Public Works, in Rome (Italy). He is a member of the National Commission for Forecasting and Preventing Major Risks, in the Ministry for Civil Protection and Marine Policies (Rome, Italy)

He is Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of MaREI (Ireland) for 2019-2025.

He founded WAVENERGY.IT, a Spin Off of the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria (Italy), which is established for developing devices for wave energy exploitation (www.wavenergy.it).

Since 2018, he is in the Technical-Scientific Committee of the Italia Cluster BIG (Blue Italian Growth).

Professor Matilde Mariarosa Consolata PIETRAFESA

Professor at Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Department of Civil Engineering, of Energy, of the Environment and Materials (SAY)

Graduated in Physics at the University of Messina

Full Professor of Environmental Technical Physics at the Department of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICEAM) of the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, where she holds the courses of Energy and Renewable Energy Sources

Director of the Energy and Environment Laboratory of the University

Coordinator of the PhD in Civil, Environmental and Industrial Engineering of the University

Member of the Scientific Board of the Italian Energy Management Association

Member of the Scientific Committee of the Inter-university Research Center on Pollution from Physical Agents

Member of the Scientific Committee of SDEWES Conferences (Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems)

Founding member of Italian section of IBPSA (International Building Performance Simulation Association) At the Mediterranean University she held various management positions:

• Director of Department of Informatics, Mathematics, Electronics and Transport (DIMET)
• Vice Dean of the Faculty of Engineering
• Deputy Director of the Department of Information, Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy Engineering (DIIES)
• Delegate of the Rector for Relations with the didactic, research and service University structures
• Delegate of the Rector for the promotion and protection of individual rights, equal opportunities and the prevention and removal of all forms of discrimination
• Delegate of the Rector in the Scientific Board of the Sicilian Center for atmospheric research and environmental physics
• Delegate of the University in the Inter-university Consortium for Applied Physical Sciences
• Coordinator of the School of Specialization in Environmental Engineering
• Director of the Master in Environmental Engineering
• President of the Didactic Observatory
• Coordinator of the Quality Assurance Group of the DIIES Department
• Member of the joint professors-students commission of the DICEAM Department
• Department Representative within the University Quality Assurance Presidium
• Member of the MIUR panel of experts for the evaluation of project proposals
• President of competition commissions for full and associate professors, researchers
• President of commissions for the awarding of the PhD title
• Reviewer of international scientific journals
• Member of the scientific committee of international conferences
• Responsible of local PON, POR and PRIN units in research projects
• Responsible for research agreements with the Municipality of Reggio Calabria
• Coordinator of training courses with professional associations

Author of more than 150 scientific publications in journals and international conference proceedings regarding: environmental sustainability in construction, renewable energy sources and energy storage systems, hydrogen, environmental comfort, acoustics, sustainable mobility,waste.

Professor Gianluca LAX

Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy

 In 2005, he received his PhD in computer science from the University of Calabria. In 2018, he got the habilitation as a Full Professor of Computer Science. Since 2018, he is the Coordinator of a master’s degree in Information Technologies for Telecommunications Engineering. His research interests include privacy, information security, and social network analysis. Since 2017, Gianluca Lax is chair of the International Workshop on Frontiers in Availability, Reliability and Security (FARES). He is an author of more than 150 papers published in leading international journals and conference proceedings.

Professor Antonino VITETTA

Associate Professor at Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria. Reggio Calabria, Italy

In the 1994 he has the ph.d. in Transport Engineering. From 1994 to 2001 he was researcher and since 2001 he has been associated professor at University of Reggio Calabria, in the scientific sector of the Transportation Engineering.
He has been involved in research projects in management, planning and design of transportation systems. In the area of road transport system he has studied different aspects connected to the: transport demand and supply; transport system assessment, design and planning; risk assessment and management.

Professor Lucia DELLA SPINA

Architect, Ph.D. in Evaluation Methods in Urban Planning and Architectural Design.

Associate Professor of Real Estate Appraisal and Valuation of Plans, Programmes and Projects, at the Department of Architecture of the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Visiting Professor at University of Granada (Spain) 2023, University of Salford, Manchester (UK) 2017, Universida de Trás-os-Montes Alto Douro (Portugal) 2016, and School of Public Affairs San Diego University (USA) 2013.
Member of the International Scientific Committee of IEREK - International Experts for Research Enrichment and Knowledge Exchange (since 2014).
Member of the SIEV - Italian Real Estate Appraisal and Investment Decision Society.
Invited speaker at national and international conferences, doctoral schools, and Italian and foreign universities.
Co-scientific coordinator of the International Symposium "New Metropolitan Perspectives".
Scientific Director of the LaborEst – Economic Evaluations and Real Estate Appraisals, university research laboratory of Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria (Italy).
Editor-in-Chief of the journal "LaborEst" (E-ISSN 2421-3187 ) scientific open access journal of LaborEst Lab.
Member of the Scientific Editorial Board of the journal "Valori e Valutazioni. Teorie e esperienze" (ISSN 2036-2404), open access scientific journal of the SIEV Society, indexed by SCOPUS (Elsevier).
Member of the Thematic Advisory Board of the journal BUILDINGS (ISSN 2075-5309), indexed by Scopus (Elsevier) and WoS (from 2022). Member of the Scientific Editorial Board of the following MDPI Open Access scientific journals, indexed by SCOPUS and WoS; Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309); Land (ISSN 2073-445X); Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Scientific coordinator and member of research groups in national and international research projects.
She carries out research in the fields of Real Estate Appraisal and Multidimensional Evaluations in hybrid, collaborative, and interactive decision-making contexts, typical of urban design and territorial planning, developing decision support systems for the valorization of cultural heritage and landscape, for urban regeneration and territorial transformation, integrating specific methods and tools for economic, multi-criteria and multi-actor evaluations.
Main areas of expertise: SDG_Goal 11-Sustainable cities and communities. SH1_5-Competitiveness, innovation, research, and development. SH1_6-Econometrics; operations research. SH2_6-Sustainability sciences, environment, and resources. SH3_1-Environment and sustainability. SH3_8-Urbanization and urban planning, cities. SH6_12-Cultural heritage.

Professor Aurora PISANO

Professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics at the University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy since 2005.

Professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics at the University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy since 2005. In 1995 she graduated (MS) cum Laude in Civil Engineering at the School of Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy and in 1999 she obtained a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering – Structures, at the University of Pavia, Italy. current academic position: Professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics.

Professor Pisano has been a visiting researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTNU) in Throndeim (Norway) at the Instituto Superior Tecnico of Lisbon, (Portugal), and at the National Technical University of Athens (Greece). Member of the editorial board of several International Journals and member of National and International associations of structural Mechanics.

Her main research interests are: Non-local elasticity theory: Analytical solutions of non-local problems. Non-local Finite Element methods. Non-local formulations and Numerical solutions. Composite Materials: Mechanical characterization and numerical modelling of industrial prototypes. Limit analysis of prototypes for marine and aeronautical. Reinforced concretes: Concrete structures reinforced with FRP and/or steel.  Limit analysis of prototypes for civil applications. Biomechanics: Limit analysis of human femur. Evaluation of the seismic vulnerability at territorial scale.

Teacher in Courses of Statics, Design, Solid and Structural Mechanics for undergraduate students in Architecture and Engineering. Board Member of the International and National Doctoral Courses.

She authored more than 100 publications and Co-Editor of two books.

Webpage: http://www.pau.unirc.it/scheda_persona.php?id=68

Professor Salvatore GIUFFRIDA

Associate professor of Appraisal and project evaluation at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture at the University of Catania

Salvatore Giuffrida – Messina (Italy) 30th May 1965 – Architect, Ph.D., is associate professor of Appraisal and project evaluation at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture at the University of Catania.
He graduated in Architecture in 1992 and got Ph.D. in 1997
His main scientific interests concern project valuation and in particular urban recovery valuation-programming processes, land and landscape valuation, real estate market analysis and real estate appraisal, cultural asset evaluation and assessment; multi-criteria decision-making processes; energy-building retrofit projects; seismic vulnerability reduction processes; land-urban equalisation-compensation processes.
He is a professor of: Environmental Economics and Estimation in the Architecture degree course, and Applied Engineering Economics in the Engineering Economics degree course.
He is an editorial board member of the following journals: Values and Valuations. Theories and experiences, ISSN 2036-2404, covered by Scopus (Elsevier) from 2016; Sustainability, MDPI, ISSN 2071-1050, covered by Scopus (Elsevier).
He is author (or co-author) of about 120 papers (journal articles, book chapters, papers in conference proceedings).
He has been a court consultant in some trials concerning property appraisals and environmental damage valuation, an advisor in many urban development equalisation processes, in a development and real estate valorisation plan for two football sports centers.

Professor Maria Rosa TROVATO

Assistant professor of Real Estate Appraisal and Evaluation at the University of Catania (Italy)

Maria Rosa Trovato is assistant professor of Real Estate Appraisal and Evaluation at the University of Catania (Italy). Her principal research interests and publications are focused on environmental economics, real estate economics, urban economics, historic centres recovery assessment, urban and land management, urban and land sustainability, cultural resources valuation, Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), Data mining, and GIS. Invited speaker at national and international conferences, doctoral schools.Member of the SIEV member: Italian Society of Assessment and Evaluation (since 2008), IPSAPA/ISPALEM Interregional Association Participation and Studies in Landscape and Environment Agribusiness (since 2013).
Participates in the work of the EWG-MCDA Group (since 2008); Participates in the work of ERES European Real Estate Society (since 2014).
Member of the Editorial Board: (from 2014 to today) of the Book series: The Landscape-cultural Mosaic - IPSAPA / ISPALEM International Scientific Conference, Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge ISI Conference Proceedings database; (from 01-11-2017 to 31-12-2020) of the scientific journal: “Valori e valutazioni. Teorie ed esperienze” Official journal of the SIEV - Italian Society of Estimation and Evaluation ISSN 2036-2404, Journal Indexed in the SCOPUS database; (from 2019 to today) of the scientific journal: Sustainability, MDPI, Journal Indexed in the SCOPUS database; (from 01-08-2019 to today) of the scientific journal: Land, MDPI, Journal Indexed in the SCOPUS database; (from 01-01-2023) of the Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development (JIPD). EnPress Publisher, LLC, Journal Indexed in the SCOPUS database; (from 02-06-2020 to today) Members Topical Advisory Panel of Environments, MDPI, Journal Indexed in the SCOPUS database; (from 01-01-2017 to 01-08-2019) Member of the Topic board of Land, MDPI, Journal Indexed in the SCOPUS database; (from 01 -01-2023 to today) Frontiers in Built Environment, Journal Indexed in the SCOPUS database; from 01-01-2019 to today) LABOREST- Economic Evaluations and Real Estate Appraisals Lab. Guest Editor of Special Issue: (from 01-07-2019 to 15-04-2022) “Efficiency, Fairness and Sustainability in Social Housing Policy and Projects", Sustainability, MDPI (EISSN 2071-1050), https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/real_estate_landscapes; (from 01-07-2020 to 26-03-2023) “People and the City: Real Estate-Scape as a Sustainable Citizenship Project”, Sustainability; MDPI, (EISSN 2071-1050).https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/real_estate_landscapes/people-city-scape;(from 01-12-2020 to 31-05-2023) “Landscapes at Risk. Social Capital Asset in the COVID-Scape Climate”, Land, MDPI (EISSN 2073-445X) https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/landscapes_at_risk.; (from 25-10-2022 to today)“Sustainability and Innovation in Building Materials and Technologies: Resource Efficiency and Life Cycle Analysis”, Sustainability, MDPI. https:// www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/66SUX0X6C0; (from 15-09-2023 to today) “The other perspective. The cities’ network and the territorial justice: landscape vs environment” Land, MDPI,https:// www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/2RUQ50B713.ns and Co-Editor of two books.

Professor Massimiliano FERRARA

ICRIOS - Bocconi University & Decisions_LAB - Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy.

Massimiliano Ferrara received the master’s degree (cum laude) in economics from the University of Messina, the master’s degree (cum laude) from the University of Naples Federico II, the master’s degree (cum laude) from the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, and the Ph.D. degree (cum laude) from the University of Messina. He has been a Research Affiliate with the ICRIOS–Invernizzi Center for Research on Innovation, Organization, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University Bocconi of Milan, since 2013, the President of Scientific Committee of the MEDAlics Research Center, and the Scientific Director of the DECISIONS Lab. He was a General Counsel of the Fondazione Banco di Napoli, the Vice Rector with the University for foreigners “Dante Alighieri’’ of Reggio Calabria, and the Head of Region Calabria Department for Cultura, Research and Education. He was a Visiting Professor with Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, Western Michigan University, USA, Morgan State University, Baltimora, MD, USA, the Northeastern University di Boston, USA, and recently with the Center for Dynamics of Dresden University of Technology, Germany. He is currently a Full Professor of mathematical economics, business analytics & decision theory, applied economics with the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, where he was also the Chairman of the Department of Law, Economics & Human Sciences, and a Member of the Academic Senate. He is an author of more than 220 research papers published in peer-reviewed Journals edited by Nature, IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, Wiley and etc. He has been Knight Order of Merit of the Italian Republic since 2010 “for international scientific merits”. He also received the “Hepites Award” by Romanian Academy of Science in 2010, the Silver Medal by Universiti PUTRA Malaysia in occasion of Invention, Research and Innovation Exhibition (PRPI) in 2016, and recently he was listed as the 2% top scientists released by Stanford University- Elsevier in 2022 and 2023.
He serves as Editor, Co-Editor, Associate Editor several Journals. In particular: NATURE-Scientific Reports (Editorial Board Member), Mathematics - MDPI Section Financial Mathematics (Editor in Chief), Applied Sciences (Editor), Soft Computing, Dynamic Games and Applications, Mathematical Problems in Engineerings (Associate Editor). He is actually serving as Referee over 200 international scientific Journal in economics, pure and applied mathematics indexed by SCOPUS, WoS, MathSciNet.

Professor Felice ARENA

Professor of Ocean Engineering at the ‘Mediterranea’ University of Reggio Calabria, where he is Director of the Natural Ocean Engineering Laboratory NOEL

Since 2022, he has been Vice Rector of the ‘Mediterranea’ University.

He is author of more than 300 papers, published in international Journals, books and in Conference Proceedings.

He is: in the Editorial Board of “Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics”, by Elsevier;  Associate Editor of “ASME Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering”; Associate Editor of the “Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy”, by Springer; Specialty Chief Editor in Wave and Tidal Energy in “Frontiers in Energy Research”.

He has been scientific supervisor (principal investigator) of many Italian and international projects, on offshore engineering and marine energy (including project supported in the programs FP7 - TEN-T – Horizon 2020).

He was in the “ISSC Ocean Space Utilization Committee (V.6)”, of the ISSC (2018-2022). At present he is in the “ISSC Environmental Committee” that operates from 2022 up to 2025.

Since 2003 he is in the High Counsel of Public Works, in Rome (Italy). He is a member of the National Commission for Forecasting and Preventing Major Risks, in the Ministry for Civil Protection and Marine Policies (Rome, Italy)

He is Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of MaREI (Ireland) for 2019-2025.

He founded WAVENERGY.IT, a Spin Off of the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria (Italy), which is established for developing devices for wave energy exploitation (www.wavenergy.it).

Since 2018, he is in the Technical-Scientific Committee of the Italia Cluster BIG (Blue Italian Growth).

Professor Gianluca LAX

Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy

 In 2005, he received his PhD in computer science from the University of Calabria. In 2018, he got the habilitation as a Full Professor of Computer Science. Since 2018, he is the Coordinator of a master’s degree in Information Technologies for Telecommunications Engineering. His research interests include privacy, information security, and social network analysis. Since 2017, Gianluca Lax is chair of the International Workshop on Frontiers in Availability, Reliability and Security (FARES). He is an author of more than 150 papers published in leading international journals and conference proceedings.

Professor Francesco SUNSERI

Professor of Plant Genetics and Breeding at the Dipartimento Agraria, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy.

 The research activity is actually focused on genetics and molecular assisted selection on horticultural crops such as asparagus, tomato and eggplant. The expertise includes plant breeding methodologies and new technologies such as molecular markers, genomics and proteomics which allow to shorten the classical time-breeding program with particular emphasis on vegetables such as tomato and eggplant. The analysis, characterization and exploitation of plant genetic resources is another key research area.
From 1990 Member of the Italian Society of Plant Genetics (S.I.G.A.) and from 2000 of the International Society Horticultural Science (I.S.H.S.). Associate Editor for BMC Plant Biology and Frontiers in Plant Science. Author of 88 scientific publications indexed in ISI and Scopus databases. H-index=27
Research Interest :Genetic structure of plant biodiversity. Genomics and Transcriptomics. Genomic Wide Association Selection and Mapping (GWAS). Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS). Molecular Assisted Selection (MAS). QTL analysis and cloning. Plant abiotic stress with particular interest to Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE).

Professor Lucia DELLA SPINA

Architect, Ph.D. in Evaluation Methods in Urban Planning and Architectural Design.

Associate Professor of Real Estate Appraisal and Valuation of Plans, Programmes and Projects, at the Department of Architecture of the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Visiting Professor at University of Granada (Spain) 2023, University of Salford, Manchester (UK) 2017, Universida de Trás-os-Montes Alto Douro (Portugal) 2016, and School of Public Affairs San Diego University (USA) 2013.
Member of the International Scientific Committee of IEREK - International Experts for Research Enrichment and Knowledge Exchange (since 2014).
Member of the SIEV - Italian Real Estate Appraisal and Investment Decision Society.
Invited speaker at national and international conferences, doctoral schools, and Italian and foreign universities.
Co-scientific coordinator of the International Symposium "New Metropolitan Perspectives".
Scientific Director of the LaborEst – Economic Evaluations and Real Estate Appraisals, university research laboratory of Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria (Italy).
Editor-in-Chief of the journal "LaborEst" (E-ISSN 2421-3187 ) scientific open access journal of LaborEst Lab.
Member of the Scientific Editorial Board of the journal "Valori e Valutazioni. Teorie e esperienze" (ISSN 2036-2404), open access scientific journal of the SIEV Society, indexed by SCOPUS (Elsevier).
Member of the Thematic Advisory Board of the journal BUILDINGS (ISSN 2075-5309), indexed by Scopus (Elsevier) and WoS (from 2022). Member of the Scientific Editorial Board of the following MDPI Open Access scientific journals, indexed by SCOPUS and WoS; Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309); Land (ISSN 2073-445X); Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Scientific coordinator and member of research groups in national and international research projects.
She carries out research in the fields of Real Estate Appraisal and Multidimensional Evaluations in hybrid, collaborative, and interactive decision-making contexts, typical of urban design and territorial planning, developing decision support systems for the valorization of cultural heritage and landscape, for urban regeneration and territorial transformation, integrating specific methods and tools for economic, multi-criteria and multi-actor evaluations.
Main areas of expertise: SDG_Goal 11-Sustainable cities and communities. SH1_5-Competitiveness, innovation, research, and development. SH1_6-Econometrics; operations research. SH2_6-Sustainability sciences, environment, and resources. SH3_1-Environment and sustainability. SH3_8-Urbanization and urban planning, cities. SH6_12-Cultural heritage.

Vice-Rector Professor Francesca Fatta

Architect, PhD, Full Professor of Representation at the Department of Architecture and Territory of the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria.

Coordinator of the Doctorate Course in Architecture from cycle XXXIV to XXXVII; President of UID (Unione Italiana Disegno) from 2019 and for the three-year period 2021-24; Director of the scientific journal diségno and of the scientific series diségno ed. Franco Angeli; Member of the ASN SC 08/E1 DISEGNO Commission 2012/14 and 2021/23; Deputy Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for internationalisation for the three-year period 2022-2025. She conducts research in the fields of design, representation and communication for Cultural Heritage. She is enrolled in REPRISE for ERC areas: Cultural studies, cultural identities and memories, cultural heritage (SH5_8), Computational modelling and digitisation in the cultural sphere (SH5_12), Visual and performing arts, film, design (SH5_4), Historiography, theory and methods in history, including the analysis of digital data (SH6_1), Computer graphics, computer vision, multi media, computer games (PE6_8).
Keywords topics: indirect survey methodologies, 3D data acquisition and modelling, modelling, tangible and intangible cultural heritage, visual communication tools and techniques.

Professor Aurora PISANO

Professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics at the University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy since 2005

Professor Pisano has been a visiting researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTNU) in Throndeim (Norway) at the Instituto Superior Tecnico of Lisbon, (Portugal), and at the National Technical University of Athens (Greece). Member of the editorial board of several International Journals and member of National and International associations of structural Mechanics.

Her main research interests are: Non-local elasticity theory: Analytical solutions of non-local problems. Non-local Finite Element methods. Non-local formulations and Numerical solutions. Composite Materials: Mechanical characterization and numerical modelling of industrial prototypes. Limit analysis of prototypes for marine and aeronautical. Reinforced concretes: Concrete structures reinforced with FRP and/or steel.  Limit analysis of prototypes for civil applications. Biomechanics: Limit analysis of human femur. Evaluation of the seismic vulnerability at territorial scale.

Teacher in Courses of Statics, Design, Solid and Structural Mechanics for undergraduate students in Architecture and Engineering. Board Member of the International and National Doctoral Courses.

She authored more than 100 publications and Co-Editor of two books.

Webpage: http://www.pau.unirc.it/scheda_persona.php?id=68

Professor Marina TORNATORA

Architect, associate professor in Architectural Design at the Department of Architecture and Territory – dArTe – within the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, curator of the Egypt Pavilion at the 18th Biennale di Venezia 2023.

She is a member of the Doctorate Board and responsible for international relations. She coordinates the Double Degree Program with the Ain Shams University from Cairo, and she became Visiting Professor at the London Metropolitan University (2019). The focus of her theoretical, design and teaching activities is the relationships between city, landscape and architecture, that are evident in her numerous publications, curated exhibitions, as well as the interventions in workshops and conferences developed also within the Research Laboratory Landscape_inProgress (LL_inP) founded together with Ottavio Amaro in 2014.
Some of her recent publications: DESTRATIFICATION ’29 ’65 ’sk14 ‘2020 16th Biennale di Venezia 2018; 99FILES, Brutalism Skopje 2019; H2O_Scapes. Agro Urbe Nature; Learning from Pavilion. 

Professor Lucia DELLA SPINA

Architect, Ph.D. in Evaluation Methods in Urban Planning and Architectural Design.

Associate Professor of Real Estate Appraisal and Valuation of Plans, Programmes and Projects, at the Department of Architecture of the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Visiting Professor at University of Granada (Spain) 2023, University of Salford, Manchester (UK) 2017, Universida de Trás-os-Montes Alto Douro (Portugal) 2016, and School of Public Affairs San Diego University (USA) 2013.
Member of the International Scientific Committee of IEREK - International Experts for Research Enrichment and Knowledge Exchange (since 2014).
Member of the SIEV - Italian Real Estate Appraisal and Investment Decision Society.
Invited speaker at national and international conferences, doctoral schools, and Italian and foreign universities.
Co-scientific coordinator of the International Symposium "New Metropolitan Perspectives".
Scientific Director of the LaborEst – Economic Evaluations and Real Estate Appraisals, university research laboratory of Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria (Italy).
Editor-in-Chief of the journal "LaborEst" (E-ISSN 2421-3187 ) scientific open access journal of LaborEst Lab.
Member of the Scientific Editorial Board of the journal "Valori e Valutazioni. Teorie e esperienze" (ISSN 2036-2404), open access scientific journal of the SIEV Society, indexed by SCOPUS (Elsevier).
Member of the Thematic Advisory Board of the journal BUILDINGS (ISSN 2075-5309), indexed by Scopus (Elsevier) and WoS (from 2022). Member of the Scientific Editorial Board of the following MDPI Open Access scientific journals, indexed by SCOPUS and WoS; Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309); Land (ISSN 2073-445X); Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Scientific coordinator and member of research groups in national and international research projects.
She carries out research in the fields of Real Estate Appraisal and Multidimensional Evaluations in hybrid, collaborative, and interactive decision-making contexts, typical of urban design and territorial planning, developing decision support systems for the valorization of cultural heritage and landscape, for urban regeneration and territorial transformation, integrating specific methods and tools for economic, multi-criteria and multi-actor evaluations.
Main areas of expertise: SDG_Goal 11-Sustainable cities and communities. SH1_5-Competitiveness, innovation, research, and development. SH1_6-Econometrics; operations research. SH2_6-Sustainability sciences, environment, and resources. SH3_1-Environment and sustainability. SH3_8-Urbanization and urban planning, cities. SH6_12-Cultural heritage.

Professor Corrado RINDONE

Associate professor - Università degli Studi 'Mediterranea' di Reggio Calabria.

Corrado RINDONE PhD, has research interests relative to Transport Planning and simulation. Principal topics investigated are processes and products of planning and design of transport systems; Local Public Transport planning; models and support tools for planning and design of transport systems; models for the analysis of road accidents; transport of dangerous goods; models for analyzing mobility in emergency conditions; mobility of people and goods on an urban, regional, national and international.