Pietro Romano received the MSc and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Palermo, Italy, in 1993 and 1998 respectively. From 1998 to 2001, he worked on partial discharge measurement research at CRES (Centre of Electronic Research in Sicily). He is an associate professor at the Department of Engineering of the University of Palermo and teaches Basic Electrical Engineering, Electrotechnics and Insulation Systems Diagnostics. His research activity is mainly in insulating systems diagnosis, partial discharge and space charge measurements, HV systems, multifactor stress effects and electric field simulations. He is the head of the L.E.PR.E. HV laboratory at Palermo University.