Dr. Salvatore Vasta studied mechanical engineering at the University of Catania and graduated in 2001. He completed his Ph.D. in materials and chemical engineering at the University of Messina in 2011. He joined the CNR ITAE Institute in Messina as a fellow researcher in 2001. Since 2008, he has been a full researcher at CNR ITAE, carrying out research and project development and management in the field of energy technologies with special regard to thermally driven heat pumps, solar cooling, and heat storage systems. He has been the scientific coordinator of several research projects. He is the author of four book chapters, about 80 papers in scientific journals and proceedings, and 90 technical reports. He participates as a SubTask leader in the TASKs of the IEA. Since 2020, he has been coordinating the SP3 Thermal Energy Storage of the JP-ES of the EERA. Currently, he is the head of the research group on “Thermally Driven Heat Pumps and Thermal Storage Systems” at the CNR ITAE.