Michele Penza is a Senior Researcher of Materials Science and Engineering, Sensor Devices, Environmental Measurements and Critical Raw Materials Technologies, at the ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy, and Economic Sustainable Development in Brindisi, Italy. Italian National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor in Experimental Physics of Matter (02/B1 - ASN 2021-23) valid from 6 February 2023 to 6 February 2034. Michele Penza (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7392-7593), Degree in Physics in 1990 from University of Bari, Italy. First, he worked with CNRSM SCpA (IT S&T Park) and then joined ENEA in 2001. He currently manages research projects (regional, national, international) and teams on material science and technology, functional materials, sensors and solid-state devices at Brindisi Research Centre, Italy. His research interests are in sensor materials, nanomaterials, advanced materials, gas sensors, portable sensor-systems, air quality networked sensors, functional applications, environmental technologies and measurements, functional materials, materials processing and characterization, materials technologies, Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) and related technologies. He was awarded with E2-Excellence ENEA 2008 for a Special Mention in Environmental Research. He co-authored 180 peer-reviewed Publications, 3 Book Chapters, 9 Special Issues, 2 International WMO Reports and other numerous communications to national/international conferences (140 Oral Communications including 37 Invited/Plenary Talks) and 2 national Patents. Citations (March 2024): Web of Science (4260+). Scopus (4920+). ResearchGate (5770+). Google Scholar (7130+). H-index (March 2024): Web of Science (40). Scopus (42). ResearchGate (44). Google Scholar (47). Co-organizer of scientific meetings, chair of conference-sessions, member of international scientific committees (EUROSENSORS, EMRS, MRS, IEEE SENSORS, IMCS), international expert for FP7-projects and national research agency/council, international reviewer, research manager with SMEs partnership. Session Chair in International Workshops/Conferences and as Symposia/Meetings/Workshops Organizer. Reviewer for international journals at high impact factor, and for national/international research council/agencies to evaluate research projects. Member of Advisory Boards and Steering Committees of international conferences and research projects. Associate Editor for Journal of Sensors and Sensor Systems, Journal of Sensors, Chemosensors, Sensors, Frontiers in Materials; Guest Editor of several special issues (Elsevier, IEEE, ASP, Hindawi, Copernicus, Beilstein Institute, MDPI). He was Chair of COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir - European Network on New Sensing Technologies for Air-Pollution Control and Environmental Sustainability - (2012-16) including 120+ teams from 31 COST Countries and 7 Non-COST Countries (USA, Canada, Morocco, Ukraine, Russia, China, Australia). He is Chairman of the European Sensor Systems Cluster (ESSC), launched by EC DG R&I on November 2014. He is Coordinator of the EIT RawMaterials Hub - Regional Center Southern Italy (RCSI), hosted by ENEA at Brindisi Research Centre in Italy, since 2019. He has been included in the 2022 list of the Top 2% most-cited Worldwide Scientists, ranked as top-1000 scientist in the field of Analytical Chemistry and Physics; and as Top Italian Scientist ranked as top-100 scientist in the field of Physics - Material and Nano Sciences, as edited by Standford University using H-index and Citations reported in Scopus and Google Scholar. Since 1 July 2015, he serves in ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development - as Head of Laboratory Functional Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Applications at the Department for Sustainability in the Division of Sustainable Materials at Brindisi Research Centre, Brindisi, Italy.