Lorenzo Peruzzi was born in 1975 and is a Full Professor of Systematic Botany at the University of Pisa, Department of Biology. His research interests mostly include taxonomy, evolution, phylogeny, diversity, and the distribution of the Mediterranean vascular flora. He is a member of the International Association of Plant Taxonomists, the Organization for the PhytoTaxonomic Investigation of the Mediterranean Area, the Italian Society of Biogeography, and the Italian Botanical Society.