Dr. Vincenzo Lapenna received a Degree in Physics (110/110) from University Federico II of Naples in 1984. Since 1989, Dr. Lapenna has been a researcher at IMAA-CNR, where he was responsible for the Geophysical Laboratory from 1995 to 2009. Since 2001, Dr. Lapenna has been Prime Researcher, and from 2007 to 2010, he was the coordinator of the CNR Research Group on the “Development of active and passive technologies for the monitoring of soil and subsoil”, part of the project “Earth Observation” conducted by the CNR Dept. of Earth and Environment. From May 2010 to December 2020, he was in charge as Director of CNR-IMAA and Chair of the CNR Research Area of Potenza. His research activity has been focused on the study of electromagnetic methods for geohazard monitoring, near-surface tomography for geophysical exploration, geophysical data processing and analysis, and the integration of in situ and satellite observing methodologies for environmental studies. The overall quality of his scientific research activities is certified by more than 170 papers published in international journals with a peer-review system, and his H index of 34. Many of the papers have been published in leading international Journals on the topic of “Earth and Environmental Sciences”, and he was included in the top 10 authors who published the highest number of scientific papers on the topic “Earthquakes” in the 2000-2010 period (source: Thomson Reuters analysis).