Antonio Berardi is a researcher at the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science of the University of Bari. He earned his Ph.D. in Agro-Food Industry Plant from the University of Foggia, Italy, graduating with highest honors in Mechanical Engineering in 2009. His research focuses on machines and plants for agro-food production, processing and storage and deals in particular with the innovation and optimization of agro-food industry equipment and plants; design of food pilot plants and their implementation in the industrial environmental; management and verification of industrial plants for the processing and storage of agro-food products; and sensors and real-time processes. His interests include waste management, recycling systems for agro-industrial by-products, harvesting mechanization systems and harvesting machines.