Riccardo Baroncelli (BSc and MSc – University of Pisa, Italy; PGC and PhD – University of Warwick, United Kingdom) is associate professor in plant pathology at the University of Bologna in Italy. During his professional path, he has been visiting lecturer at The University of Bedfordshire (UK) and the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) and postdoctoral researcher in UK, France and Spain focusing his research on fungal genetics, genomics and population studies. During his professional path he has used Colletotrichum and Trichoderma as main model systems to better understand the molecular mechanisms behind the interaction between fungi and plants. In his 10-year career, he has published almost 60 papers in indexed journals and four book chapters. Member of the British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP), British Mycological Society (BMS), The Italian Phytopathological Society (SIPAV) and Genetic Society of America (GSA).