Dr. Marco Ragazzi graduated in Hydraulic Engineering, class of 1988, from the Technical University of Milan and was winner of the Noseda Prize as the best graduate in his degree course. He completed his PhD in Environmental Engineering at the same university in 1991. Between 1995 and 2000, he acted as an Assistant Professor at the University of Trento, subsequently becoming an Associate Professor (since 2001) and a Full Professor (since 2018), at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the same university, where he now teaches solid waste treatment, integrated waste management, and waste management in developing countries. He was the winner of the Ambrogino d’Oro Award in 2006 (Municipality of Milan). He is the author and co-author of over 300 technical scientific papers published in Italy and abroad. His fields of operation include the biodegradable fraction of waste, thermal treatments, separate collection, wastewater treatment, eutrophication of lakes, and pollution.