Prof. Vincenzo Naddeo is Director of the Sanitary Environmental Engineering Division (SEED) at the University of Salerno (Italy) where he drives research activities in the Environmental Engineering fields. He was affiliate professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Washington (Seattle, USA). Prof. Naddeo is general chair of the international conference series WaterEnergyNEXUS and coordinator of its International Scientific Advisory Board.

He is Associate Editor of Water Environmental Research (Wiley), Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration (Springer Nature), PeerJ - the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences, Journal of Applied Science and Engineering (Tamkang University) and of Earth, Frontiers for Young Minds. He serves on the editorial board of several ISI journals including Desalination (Elsevier), Scientific Report (Springer Nature), Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Water (MDPI), etc. 

He holds 4 patents on water and wastewater treatments by sonolysis and 2 patent on the novel electronic nose (e.Nose) and odour characterization . From 2018 prof. Naddeo is CEO and co- founder of Sponge s.r.l., a Spin-Off of the University of Salerno working on Environmental Technology field. prof. Naddeo has (co-)authored over 200 refereed publications in ISI journals, congress proceedings and book volumes.