Mattia Pierpaoli’s main interests and competencies lie in the field of materials for environmental applications. In 2015 he had two traineeships at the Gdansk University of Technology (Poland), Lipetsk State Technical University (Russia) and, in 2016, he was visiting Ph.D. in Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China). In 2019 he was awarded the Ph.D. title in Industrial Engineering – Material Science at Università Politecnica delle Marche (Italy). He is currently member of the CA15102 and CA17136 COST Actions and ISIAQ Member and he is conducting research on three-dimensional carbon nanomaterials for sensing applications and environmental remediation at the Gdansk University of Technology.