Dr. Giovanbattista de Dato currently works as a research scientist at the Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economy Analysis (CREA)—Research Centre for Forestry and Wood (Arezzo). The activities in this role focused on the sustainable management of forests and forest plantations, with particular attention to forest genetic resources, biodiversity management, and conservation, including monitoring and developing actions in situ and ex-situ for conservation and adaptive management. He holds a master's degree in forestry and environmental Sciences and a PhD in forest ecology. His main research was in plant ecophysiology and how climate change affects these processes.