Pasquale Longo was born in Giffoni sei Casali (SA), Italy, in 1955 and received his degree in Chemistry in 1979 from the University of Naples. He was Research Assistant at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Salerno from 1984 to 1992. From November 1992 to October 2000, he was an Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. Since November 2000, he has been a Full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. He teaches General and Inorganic Chemistry and Bio-inorganic Chemistry. His research activity is in the field of the synthesis of metal complexes having biological activity, homogeneous catalysis, and the synthesis and characterization of organometallic complexes and polymeric materials. This activity is documented by more than 190 scientific papers in international journals as well as by about ten industrial patents and several chapters of books. From May 1997 to November 2005, he was the Chairman of the Degree in Chemistry of the University of Salerno. From November 2000 to October 2008, he was the Deputy Dean of the faculty of Science of the University of Salerno. From November 2008 to December 2010, he was the Director of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Salerno, and from November 2012 to October 2015, he was the Deputy Rector for job placement. Since February 2020, he has been the Director of the Department of Chemistry and Biology of the University of Salerno.