Antonio Scopa Antonio Scopa graduated with a Master's Degree in Industrial Chemistry from the University of Naples in 1983. From 1987 to 1990, he also worked at the University of Basilicata as the Technical, Scientific, and Organizational Manager of the Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Laboratories. From 1990 to 2000, he worked as an Assistant Professor in Agricultural Chemistry. Since September 2002, he has been an Associate Professor of Agricultural Chemistry at the University of Basilicata. In 2018, he obtained the National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor for the disciplinary field of Agricultural Chemistry and Genetics, and Pedology (MIUR). His principal research fields are: i) physiological and biochemical responses of plants to stress; ii) soil chemistry/microbiology and sustainable soil management; iii) food quality and plant secondary metabolites; iv) response of plants to abiotic and biotic stress; v) soil quality and fertility in sustainable agro-ecosystems; vi) soil and water quality in arid countries (e.g., Egypt); vii) soil organic matter; and viii) characterization of humic and fulvic acids. He is the author of over 200 papers published in peer-reviewed journals and books. He is the Associate Editor of Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture and Section Editor of Plants – Plant-Soil Interactions (MDPI), as well as other refereed international journals. Metrics on Scopus: 116 documents by author, 3215 citations, 30 h-index.