Nicola Pergola received his Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from the University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy, in 1993. Since 1998, he has been a Researcher with the Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA), Tito Scalo, Potenza; the National Research Council (CNR), Potenza, leading the “Geohazards” unit; and the IMAA Satellite Remote Sensing laboratory. He is a physicist with expertise in electromagnetism, the interaction of radiation with matter, remote sensing principles, thermal infrared image analysis and interpretation, Earth observation data applications, and the design and development of original satellite techniques. He was a Scientific Coordinator for different Italian Space Agency (ASI) and CNR projects and a co-investigator of several EU H2020 and international projects. He serves as a referee for several relevant international journals. He is a member of the European Geosciences Union. He is a member of the editorial boards of the Geomatics, Natural Hazards, and Risks (Taylor and Francis), AIMS Geosciences, and Sensors (MDPI) journals, and the “Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology” section of the Remote Sensing (MDPI) journal.
