Dr. Luciano Lamberti is currently a Full Professor at the Dipartimento di Meccanica, Matematica e Management, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy. From 1998 to 1999, he was a Researcher at the University of Florida. In 2001, he served as a Research Associate at the Illinois Institute of Technology. His research interests are Structural Optimization, Experimental mechanics, Optics, Characterization of materials, Biomechanics, Nanosciences, and Nanotechnology.