Prof. Paolo Grigolini is the director at the Center for Nonlinear Science, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA. He received his Ph.D in Physics from the University of Pisa in 1968. He worked at the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Physics, and created a School of Non-Linear Stochastic Processes; in 1990, he became a Professor of Physics at the University of North Texas (UNT). His main research interest is the emergence of consciousness, with a focus on social complexity as a theoretical tool to address the challenging issue of fighting the spread of biological and political infections.