Roberto Zivieri is a theoretical condensed matter physicist. He obtained a Master's Degree in Medicine and Surgery and in Physics with honors, and a Ph.D. in Physics with excellent grades from the University of Modena, Italy. Presently, he is affiliated with the INdAM (Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica) in Rome, Italy. He is the author of about 150 scientific contributions in international and reputed journals. He has been serving on an editorial board of repute. He is a member by invitation of the American Physical Society (APS), American Chemical Society (ACS), and member after regular competition of the Italian Society of Mathematical Physics, Italian Society of Physics (SIF), and Italian Society of Magnetism. He is the winner of the APS Award “Outstanding Referees 2016” equivalent to an APS journals fellowship and of the Albert Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award. He is Editor-in-Chief of the book series “Theoretical and Computational Models in Condensed Matter Physics” for Aracne Publishing House in Rome.