Professor Domenico Umbrello earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calabria in February 2005. From January 2005 to October 2014, he served as a tenured Assistant Professor in Manufacturing within the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the same university. Between May 2008 and September 2012, he was repeatedly invited as a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing, University of Kentucky (USA). From November 2008 to September 2024, Professor Umbrello held the position of Associate Professor in Manufacturing at the Department of Mechanical, Energy, and Management Engineering at the University of Calabria. Since October 2024, he has been serving as Full Professor in the same department. In recognition of his contributions to the field, Professor Umbrello was elected Fellow of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP) in August 2023. Over the course of his career, he has received several prestigious awards, including the F.W. Taylor Medal of CIRP (2011), the ESAFORM Scientific Prize (2011), and the AITEM Outstanding Young Manufacturing Research Award (2005).