Andrea Baglieri graduated in Agricultural Science (1999) and obtained his Ph.D. in Agricultural Chemistry (2004). He is currently an Associate Professor in Agricultural Chemistry at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Di3A) of the University of Catania. He also serves as President of the degree course in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies (L-25) at the University of Catania. His area of research includes the reuse of waste biomass in agriculture, the organic matter and humic fractions of soil, the phenomena of the interaction and adsorption between pesticides and their degradation products, natural organic and inorganic fractions in soil, and the interaction between xenobiotics and synthetic materials.