Francesco Latini completed his MD degree in 2000 at the University of Bologna (Alma Mater). He completed his residency (cum laude) in Neurosurgery at the University of Ferrara, and has been a specialist in Neurosurgery since 2013. He worked as a junior consultant for the division of Neurosurgery at the Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, S.Anna University Hospital of Ferrara, Italy, until 2014 with a specific research project on brain connectivity in patients with lesions in eloquent areas who underwent awake surgery. He completed a research fellowship at the International Neuroscience Institute, Germany, and a clinical research fellowship at the Arkansas Neuroscience Institute at St Vincent’s Infirmary in Little Rock, Arkansas (USA) in 2012. He is currently working as a neurosurgeon and visiting researcher at the Department of Neurosurgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. His main clinical and research interests include neuroanatomy, neuroimaging, neuropsychology, brain connectivity, and the treatment of intracranial tumors. He is a member of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS), the Human Brain Mapping Organization (HBMO), the Swedish Society for Neuroscience (SSfN), and the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS).