Franco MEDICI received his master's degree in Chemical Engineering at "Sapienza", the University of Roma, in 1980. Since 1983, he has been working as a researcher in the Applied and Chemical Institute of the Engineering Faculty of L' Aquila University. Then, in 1989, he joined the Department of Chemical Engineering, Raw Materials, and Metallurgy at "Sapienza", the University of Roma. From 1991 to 1997, he lectured on the subject of Materials Science at the Engineering Faculty of the Messina University, and simultaneously, from 1994 to 2000, he taught Materials Technology to the students of Civil Engineering at "Sapienza", the University of Roma. Since 2000, he has been an Associate Professor of "Materials Science and Technology", and he teaches "Materials Technology" to the students of Civil Engineering and Chemical Engineering at the same university. Moreover, since 2001, he has been a member of the academic team for the "Doctorate" (Ph.D.) in Chemical and Process Engineering. He was a scientific coordinator for the research national program (Italian Ministry of Education PRIN 2006) titled: "Recovery of waste materials: technological research, industrial scale up and legislation". His current research seeks to investigate cement chemistry, concrete technology, and solidification/stabilization of industrial wastes and recovery of waste materials. He has published 120 scientific papers exclusively on the above-mentioned topics. His H-index (Scopus) is equal to 21.