Francesca Maggio received her MS in Food Science from the the University of Teramo, Italy. She completed her PhD degree from the Department of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo (UNITE). She is currently working on a postdoctoral fellowship within the project “Innovation, digitalization and sustainability for the diffuse economy in central Italy”, supervised by Prof. Paparella and Prof. Serio at UNITE. She has published 23 research articles in SCI(E) journals.