Vito Gigante is a Chemical Engineer with a Ph.D. in Materials Engineering. He actively works in the Multifunctional Bio-Ecocompatible Materials Laboratory of the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering of the University of Pisa. His current research activity concerns the evaluation of property/structure relationships of post-consumer polymeric materials and/or innovative materials derived from renewable sources, through the optimization of processing parameters to improve their final thermomechanical properties. He is also involved in the formulation of bioactive coatings to ensure specific properties on substrates of different materials. He works on the recyclability and environmental sustainability of polymeric and composite materials, studying their end of life. His teaching activity regards the scientific disciplinary sector ING-IND/22 (he is co-leader of the following courses: "Science and Technology of Materials" in the Chemical Engineering Bachelor Degree and "Fundamentals of Polymer Processing" in Materials & Nanotechnology Master Degree). Moreover, he deals with drafting project proposals in the context of European and national funding programs.