Giovanni Breglio graduated in Electronic Engineering cum laude at the University of Naples Federico II in 1990. In 1994, he received a Ph.D. degree. He is a full-time Professor of Electronic Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of the University of Naples Federico II, where he manages and coordinates the Laboratory of Optoelectronics at DIETI. His main scientific activities are in the areas of Power Electronic Devices development and characterization and the design and optimization of optoelectronic devices and Fiber-Optic Sensor systems. He is the author or co-author of over 170 journals and proceedings articles. He is the owner of eleven international patents. He was the coordinator of the Research Unit of Napoli within several international research projects with the main international companies in the field of Optoelectronic and Power Electronic, among them are: •DILAMP European Project (end 2000); •MIUR-PRIN Project (end 2000); •Regional Project 3.17 POR Campania 2000-2006 (end 2010); •PON Innovazione e Ricerca 2003-2007 PON01 (end 2015). He has been responsible for several scientific research agreements with external organizations or companies; among them, the most important are: the CIRA (Italian Aerospace Research Centre in Capua), ST Microelectronics Catania, IRCI Turin, and VISHAY Turin. He is the co-founder and owner of two technological spin-off companies: Optosmart srl (www.optosmart.com) and Optoadvanvce.