Mariano Crimaldi was born in Naples, Italy, in 1983. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in environmental engineering at the University of Naples Federico II with a specialization in wastewater treatment. After a short period as a freelancer, he began to collaborate with the Department of Agricultural Sciences of the University of Naples Federico II as a research fellow, carrying out studies on biomass as a combustible fuel. Subsequently, he carried out research on hemp and its industrial and food uses and then specialized in agriculture, first as a research fellow and then as a PhD student, with a research project on tree modeling at the Department of Agricultural Sciences. He currently carries out research on virtual tree modeling, precision agriculture and remote sensing, active crop treatments using UAVs, and artificial intelligence and deep learning applications for the recognition of weeds.