Prof. Riccardo Gori was born in Prato, Italy, on 14 April 1971. He was awarded a degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Florence in 1999, and a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental engineering from the University of Florence in 2003 with a thesis on “Reclaimed wastewater reuse for plant nurseries irrigation”. Since 2006, he has been an assistant professor of sanitary and environmental engineering at the University of Florence (Italy). Present academic courses taught: ‘Design of plants for treatment of water and waste’ (Master's degree course in ‘Environmental engineering’) and ‘Landfills and contaminated sites remediation’.