Maria Francesca Cataldo earned a Bachelor's and Master's of forest and environmental science from the Department of AGRARIA of Mediterranean University, Reggio Calabria (Italy), in 2014 and 2016, respectively, and a Ph.D. in agricultural, food, and forestry sciences in 2021. She is currently working at the Laboratory of Silviculture, Wood Technology and Forestry Mechanization as a post-doctoral researcher, to determine the effects of silvicultural practices on wood quality and environmental resource conservation through sustainable forest management. Her research interests include engineering and forest management, including the application of NDT, sensors, and instrumentation for wood investigations.