Luciano Velardi received a degree in physics from the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy, and a Ph.D. degree in nuclear physics from the University of Bari, Bari, Italy, in 2005 and 2010, respectively. From 2006 to 2013, he worked at the Department of Physics, University of Salento, on laser matter interaction using nanosecond lasers. From 2013 to 2018, he worked at CNR-NANOTEC in Bari, Italy, on MWPECVD diamond films for aerospace and materials physics applications. From 2019 to 2021, he worked at the Department of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Salento on titanium dioxide nanoparticles and thin films for photocatalysis and antimicrobial coating applications. Since 2022, he has been working at CNR Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems (CNR-IMM) and he is involved in the study, characterization and application of piezoelectric materials. He is the author of more than 200 papers and proceedings and one international patent.