Guido Caldarelli (1967) was born in Rome, the same city where he earned adegree in Physics in 1992. After receiving his PhD at SISSA Trieste in 1996,he spent several years in Manchester and Cambridge as a Post-Doctoralresearcher. Once having returned to Italy, Guido became a Senior Researcherat the Italian National Research Council. He is from 2014 FullProfessor of Theoretical Physics at IMT Lucca. He has worked in the area ofself-similarity (Fractals) in Statistical Physics and is presently workingon Complex Networks. Outside of his research, he loves reading (everything)and considers himself an amateur cultivator of decorative plants. He alsoloves listening to music, and is a fan of Dire Straits, U2 and the RollingStones.