Cesare Chiosi was a Former Full Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics and is currently Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Padua. He received his degree in Physics in 1965. He was a full professor of Theoretical Astrophysics (Padua) from 1986 to 2010, and his retirement placement was in October 2010. He has been an Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Padua Since 2011, was an adjunct professor of Theoretical Astrophysics I and II of the Master’s Degree in Astronomy at the University of Padua from 2011 to 2013, and was an adjunct professor of Theoretical Astrophysics I of the Master's Degree in Astronomy of the University of Padua from 2013 to 2014.