UNINA is one of the oldest universities in the world as it was funded on June 5th, 1224 by Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, King of Sicily and Holy Roman Emperor. Nowadays, UNINA is made up of 26 departments, an academic staff of more than 3,000 individuals and an administrative staff of more than 4,500. The current number of students enrolled is about 100,000. UNINA has been awarded with 119 H2020 projects, up to December 2021, with a total EC funding of more than 650 M€.
Giovanni Esposito is Professor of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering at the University of Napoli Federico II. In the framework of several national and international projects, he has leaded the training of early-stage researchers through both education and research in environmental technologies, mainly focusing on developing, modelling and engineering innovative biotechnologies for energy and resources recovery from waste and wastewater. He has co-authored more than 300 peer-reviewed publications in the environmental technology field, with more than 15000 citations and h-index 63 (Scopus source).