Francesco Neri (male) - Tenure-track assistant professor - in Wood technology and forest operations. PhD degree in "Wood science - Forest operation". He is an expert of: forest operation (felling and processing, ground- and aerial-based extraction systems, logistics, forest road planning and design etc.) forest engineering and forest fire. Coordinator, or participant in international and national R&D projects. Some recent international projects are: 2009 - 2013 Partecipant to COST Action FP0902: Development and harmonisation of new operational research and assessment procedures for sustainable forest Biomass supply; 2013 - 2017 Partecipant to Cost Action FP1301 “Innovative management and multifunctional utilization of traditional coppice forests; 2020 - 2022 Partecipant to “Innovazioni in ForEsta E nel Legno per la sostenibilità ambientale. Gestione forestale, prodotti e processi innovativi per l’incremento dei depositi di carbonio (WOOD carbon storage)” ACRONIMO: I FEEL WOOD; 2019 - 2020 Coordinator “Determinazione degli impatti dell'esbosco di legname sul suolo con SKIDDer e FORWarder: sviluppo di nuove metodologie e confronto tra i due sistemi. SKIDDFORW (https://www.dagri.unifi.it/cmpro-v-p-514.html) He is also qualified as forest operators trainer from the Tuscany Region. Author or co-author of more than 60 papers 17 of them published in international indexed journal (WOS or Scopus). H-index 11 (Scopus).