Giovanni Mazzanti is an associate professor of HV Engineering and Power Quality at the University of Bologna, Italy. His research interests are the reliability and diagnostics of HV insulation, power quality, renewables, and human exposure to EMF. He is a consultant to TERNA. He is the author or coauthor of 280 published papers and the book "Extruded Cables for HVDC Transmission: Advances in Research and Development", Wiley–IEEE Press. He is a member of IEEE PES and DEIS, chair of the IEEE DEIS technical committee (TC) on HVDC cable systems, a member of the IEEE DEIS TC on smart grids, and a member of the CIGRÉ Joint Working Group B4/B1/C4.73.