Elio Padoano, PhD, is an associate professor of Operations Management at the Department of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Trieste. He received Ph.D. in 1996. His research interests include logistics, operations planning, cleaner production and decision aiding in manufacturing and services. He has collaborated with companies and public organisations in several sectors such as manufacturing, transport, research, ICT, health-care and regional planning. He has been a member of research units in several EU funded projects. He has been and advisor and member of the Working Group on Transport of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean. His papers appeared in several international journals. Since 2015 he has been a member of the scientific committee of the International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process. He has served as referee and reviewer for several journals. He presently teaches Operations Management for the Double Master's Degree in Production Engineering and Management, Economic Evaluation of Projects for the Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Evaluation Methodologies for the Master's Degree in Clinical Engineering.