Alessio Collalti has a degree in Natural Science and a PhD in Forest Ecology. His background concerns Forest Ecology, Carbon Cycle, Forest and Vegetation modeling, particularly with regard to vegetation numerical modeling and response under natural and anthropogenic stress, including climate change. He has been working at the University of Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy), and at the Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC) where he developed the 3D-CMCC-CNR Forest Ecosystem Model. He currently is a Senior Researcher at the Italian National Research Council (CNR). He is the Forest Modelling Lab. Head at CNR (www.forest-modelling-lab.com).