Dr. Francesco Calise is a Professor of Industrial Technical Physics (ING-IND/10) at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II. He obtained a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical and Thermal Engineering in 2006. From 2006 to 2014, he was a Researcher and Assistant Professor of applied thermodynamics at the University of Naples Federico II. In 2014, he became an Associate Professor at the University of Naples Federico II. His research activities have been mainly focused on the following topics: fuel cells, advanced optimization techniques, solar thermal systems, concentrating photovoltaic/thermal photovoltaic systems, energy saving in buildings, solar heating and cooling, organic Rankine cycles, geothermal energy, dynamic simulations of energy systems, renewable polygeneration systems, and many others.