Antonia Tamborrino is an assistant professor at the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science of the University of Foggia. She earned her Ph.D. in Agro-Food Industry Plant from the University of Bari, Italy, graduating with highest honors in Agricultural Science in 2000. Her 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. Her interests include waste management, recycling systems for agro-industrial by-products, harvesting mechanization systems and harvesting machines.