Meet the Volume Editors

Carmine Masserelli is an environmental technologist at the Water Research Institute (IRSA) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). He is an expert in the development of smart technologies for water management and environmental monitoring, characterisation and monitoring of contaminated and degraded sites, integration of spatial data such as standard methodologies, interoperability, and spectral data infrastructures. He also has expertise

in the design of complex monitoring programs of water and soil aimed at the correct assessment of the environmental status. Dr. Masserelli is currently coordinating several research projects for regional monitoring of pesticide residues in water bodies, pollution by nitrates of agricultural origin, understanding the dynamics of environmental illegals, and safeguarding biodiversity.

Claudia Campanale is a senior post-doc research fellow at the Water Research Institute (IRSA) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). She obtained a Ph.D. in Chemical and Molecular Sciences from the Department of Chemistry, University of Bari, Italy. Her research interests include specific awareness, knowledge, and familiarity with emerging pollutants monitoring (e.g., pesticides, PCBs, microplastics, heavy metals) in environmental

matrices. Dr. Campanale has consolidated experience in chemical analytical techniques such as HPLC MS/MS, GC-MS/MS, and ICP-MS to characterise and quantify pollutants (inorganic and organic) in environmental matrices (waters, soils, vegetables, sediments).
