Antonio Laganà was born in Como (Italy) in 1944. He graduated in Chemistry in 1969 at the University of Perugia where, after serving the army (1970-71), he started carrying out research with Prof. V. Aquilanti (1972-76) by holding fellowships and research contracts. After serving for two years as research assistant in Manchester, UK (1977-78) with Prof. J.N.L. Connor at the Department of Chemistry, he became Lecturer in Chemical kinetics (1979), Associate Professor in Physical Chemistry (1985) and Full Professor in General and Inorganic Chemistry (1994) at the University of Perugia.