Professor of Soil Sciences at the University of Verona. Main research interests: i) mechanisms of carbon sequestration in soils and sediments, ii) evolution of organic matter in soils and sediments in relation to climate changes, iii) peatlands as 'natural archives' of environmental changes and anthropic impact during centuries, and iv) sustainable utilization of waste biomass in agriculture. He is member of the following scientific societies: European Geosciences Union (EGU), International Humic Substances Society (IHSS), International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), Italian Society of Soil Science (SISS), and Italian Society of Agricultural Chemistry (SICA). He is also member of the Accademia dei Georgofili. He is currently President of the SISS, Chair of the Division 4 "The Role of Soils in Sustaining Society and the Environment" of the IUSS, Member of the Technical Scientific Committee of Re Soil Foundation, and Member of the Board of Directors of the IHSS. From 2019 to 2023, he served as a President of the Soil System Sciences division of the EGU. He is currently Associate Editor of Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology (Taylor & Francis), and member of the Editorial Board of the following WoS-JCR journals: Soil & Environmental Health (Elsevier), Journal of Soils and Sediments (Springer), Soil (Copernicus Publications), Pedosphere (Elsevier), Soil Systems (MDPI), Cogent Food & Agriculture (Taylor & Francis), and Journal of Chemistry (Wiley).