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Massimo Rippa graduated in Physics cum Laude, in 2004, at the University of Naples “Federico II”. In December 2009 he received his Ph.D in the International course “Novel Technology for Materials, Sensor and Imaging” from the Science Faculty of the University of Naples “Federico II” with a thesis entitled “Monitoring of laser - biological tissue interaction on plane angioma by functional infrared imaging“. He is currently a permanent researcher at Institute of Applied Science and Intelligent Systems “E. Caianiello” (ISASI), National Council of Research (CNR), Pozzuoli, Italy. He has been involved in several national and International projects including bilateral projects of cooperation between the CNR, the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science (CAAS). His current research focuses on Photonics with particular regard to plasmonic nanostructures for sensing applications and Infrared Imaging for applications in precision agriculture, in the cultural heritage field and for non-destructive testing. He is author/co-author of more than 70 scientific papers published on International journals, 3 patents, one monographic publication and he has attended more than 80 national and international conferences with oral or poster presentations. MR is currently coordinator of the research activities developed in the Thermography and infrared imaging laboratory of the ISASI CNR institute.