Prof. Rossano Massai is a Full Professor of General Arboriculture and Tree Cultivation at the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, University of Pisa. He graduated in Agricultural Science in 1981 from the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa. He was a university researcher from 1983 to 1991, an associate professor from 1991 to 2004, and has been a full professor since 2004. He currently teaches Tree and Forest Ecosystems, Special Arboriculture, and Nursery Techniques. As institutional roles at the University of Pisa, he was director of the Department of Cultivation and Protection of Woody Species “G. Scaramuzzi” and vice dean of the Faculty of Agriculture from 2010 to 2012; Director of the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Environment from 2012 to 2016; Vice Rector for Students and Study Right from 2016 to 2022. In April 2019 he was awarded the Order of the Cherubino of the University of Pisa. He is a Member of the Italian Society for Horticultural Science (SOI) and an Academician of the Accademia dei Georgofili. He is co-author of over 290 publications (101 in international journals; h-index 30; cit. index 3180). His research activity focuses on ecophysiological response and adaptation mechanisms to abiotic stress, the development and conformation of the root systems of fruit trees, water use and the use of tree water status indicators for irrigation management, and non-destructive methodologies for assessing quality and harvest time of fruits.