Domenico Miriello is associate professor at the Department of Humanistic Studies (University of Calabria) in the scientific disciplinary field named “GEOS-01/D” (Mining resources and mineralogical-petrographic applications for the environment and cultural heritage). He graduated in Geological Sciences in 2000. He received his PhD in 2005. he qualified as a full professor level in 2018. He was Scientific Director of the X-ray and Raman Spectroscopy Laboratory at UNICAL from 2014 to 2024. The results of his research (over 207 publications) have been published in national and international scientific journals with high impact factor, in books, encyclopedias and conference proceedings. He is associate editor for the journal «Studies in Conservation», guest editor for the Special Issue of the journal «Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences».