Nicola Fusco is Full Professor of Mathematical Analysis at University of Naples “Federico II” and member of Accademia dei Lincei. He was awarded the 1994 Caccioppoli Prize of the Italian Mathematical Union (UMI). His research revolves around calculus of variations, regularity theory for partial differential equations, symmetrization problems and isoperimetric inequalities. He was visiting professor at Australian National University, Canberra; Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh; Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh; University of Oxford; Technische Universität, München and University of Jyväskylä.