Pietro Rizzo is a postdoctoral fellow and contract professor at the University of Parma, Department of Chemical Sciences of Life and Environmental Sustainability. His background studies were carried out at the University of Parma, where he took a bachelor's degree in Sciences of Nature and the Environment in 02/2015, a master's degree in Sciences and Technologies for the Environment and Resources in 10/2017, and a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences XXXIII cycle in 02/2021; for his doctoral thesis he won the V Edition of the Prize in Memory of Prof. Gian Maria Zuppi for the best doctoral thesis on hydrogeological issues (2021). During the years of his Ph.D., he specialized in multidisciplinary approaches by conducting geological/hydrogeological, biological, and chemical research. Furthermore, he is involved in numerous research groups, mainly engaged in the management of contaminated sites but also projects for the protection of water resources.