Marco Geppi graduated in chemistry at the University of Pisa and obtained his PhD from Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa under the supervision of Professor C.A. Veracini and F. Ciardelli in 1997. Further research activities brought him to the Italian CNR and the University of Durham, UK (Prof. R.K. Harris). In 2001, he became a research fellow and then a Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry at the University of Pisa, where he leads the solid-state NMR group. He is currently president of the Italian Discussion Group on Magnetic Resonances (GIDRM).