Mario Licata is a researcher in Agronomy and Crop Science at Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences of the University of Palermo (Italy). He received an MSc in Agriculture and PhD in Environmental Agronomy at the University of Palermo. Key topics studied during his research include the production of medicinal and aromatic plants, the production of industrial crops for energy use, turf grass management for sport field, the use of constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment and the reuse of wastewater for irrigation purpose. He has published more than 70 scientific papers in national and international journals, peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He is involved in many research collaborations and he is serving as an Editorial Board Member and peer-reviewer for many indexed journals.