Mauro Centritto currently works at the Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IPSP). He is currently directing the ENI-CNR Research Center “Water—Hypatia of Alexandria” and serves as an adjunct Professor at the PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He is a member of the editorial board for different plant scientific journals. He has international experience in biosphere–atmosphere interactions and about 35 years of experience in collaborative research on climate change's impact on crop growth and physiology (carbon assimilation, water relations, water optimization, and water harvesting technologies, etc.) about dry environments in Italy and Europe as well as in Africa, China, and Pakistan. His scientific activity is directed to develop significant and sustainable progress in improving and adapting agricultural systems in conditions of increasing water scarcity and a changing climate. He is a member of the Italian working group UNCCD-Land Degradation Neutrality Target Setting Programme (2016–present).