Umberto Arena, Chem. Eng., Ph.D in Chemical Engineering, is full professor of Waste Management and of Air Pollution Control Engineering at the Second University of Naples, Italy.
Member of Management Board of International Waste Working Group (IWWG), Associate Editor of Waste Management Journal, Chairman of the IWWG Task Group on ‘‘Thermal Treatments’’.
His research interests include thermal treatments in fluidized bed reactors; technological, environmental and economic aspects of different waste recycling and recovery routes; Life Cycle Assessment and Substance Flow Analysis in integrated waste management schemes.