Guido Ala (SM’16) was born in 1964. He received a “Laurea” degree (M.D.) in electrical engineering from the University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Italian MIUR, Rome, Italy, in 1989 and 1994, respectively. From 1992 to 1996, he was a teacher (permanent staff) of Electrotechnics at the Italian Technical High School. In 1997, he was an energy engineer at the Municipal Gas Company, Palermo, Italy. From 1997 to 2004, he was a researcher at the University of Palermo, where he has been an Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering since 2005. In 2017, he attained the National Scientific Qualification for the role of Full Professor in Electrical Engineering. His research interests include computational electromagnetics, grounding systems, lightning, electromagnetic compatibility, partial discharge detection, bio-electromagnetic numerical modeling, and electrical analogies in viscoelasticity.