Department of Land, Enviroment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, Italy;Francesco Marinello is Full Professor of Agricultural Mechanics at the Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TESAF), University of Padova, Italy. He holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Padova and a PhD in Industrial Production Engineering, completed through a joint programme with the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). His experience includes research and teaching in Italy, Denmark and Switzerland, and industrial experience in metrology and quality. Since joining the University of Padova as a researcher in 2012, Marinello has developed an interdisciplinary research profile at the intersection of agricultural engineering, measurement science and digital technologies. His work focuses on precision agriculture and smart farming, particularly sensors and measurement systems for soil, plants and agricultural machinery. He also investigates remote sensing, including satellite and UAV-based approaches, data analysis, digital agriculture, and the modelling and testing of agricultural machinery and autonomous systems. Another research area concerns the environmental performance of agriculture, including carbon footprint, water footprint and digitization footprint assessment. Marinello has contributed to research projects and collaborated with universities and companies in Italy and abroad. He teaches Agricultural Mechanics, Precision Farming, and Sustainability in agri-food production, and has supervised more than 200 undergraduate and master's theses. Since 2017, he has also served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Georgia, USA. He is the director of Joint MSc degree in Food, Nutrition and Health and director of the PhD School of Land, Environment, Resources and Health at the University of Padova. He is author or co-author of more than 250 publications indexed in Scopus and five patents. His current research aims to support sustainable and digitally enabled agriculture by combining sensing, automation, data-dri

Group of Fruit Biotechnology, Department of Fruit Breeding, CEBAS-CSIC, Spain;PhD in Biological Sciences at the University of Murcia (1992) Senior researcher at CEBAS-CSIC in 2000. Deputy Director CEBAS-CSIC from 2009-2012 Head of Plant Breeding Department from 2016-2020 Associated professor at the Catholic University San Antonio (Murcia, UCAM) in the Biotechnology Degree, discipline Plant Physiology. Research interests: Plant stress physiology; redox signaling and antioxidant metabolism; plant responses to abiotic and biotic stresses; seed biology and priming; phytohormone signaling; halophytes and sustainable agriculture; plant biotechnology; metabolomics and proteomics. Author of more than 140 papers, with h index 53 (WOS) or 59 (Google Academic). Research projects: Participation in more than 35 competitive research projects, including national projects, European and international projects; regional projects; institutional projects funded by CSIC.. Industry-funded and contract research: Participation in more than 12 research and technology transfer projects funded by private companies and public agencies. Supervised students: Supervision of 11 PhD theses, 2 Master’s theses (MSc), and 16 Bachelor’s theses (BSc) in the fields of plant biology, biotechnology, stress physiology, and seed biology. Editorial leadership: Guest Editor of 6 Special Issues in international journals, including International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Antioxidants, Seeds, and Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. Editor-in-Chief of Seeds. Science outreach and public engagement activities: Extensive experience in science communication through seminars, media activities, outreach events, and educational programs for students, teachers, and the general public. Organization and coordination of outreach initiatives at CEBAS-CSIC, including Open Days, Science Week activities, workshops, student visits, and secondary school research programs (IDIES Congresses, 2014–2018). Coordinator of scientific outreach blogs (Cienciacebas and Antioxidants Group).