Carlo Alberto Nucci is Full Professor at the University of Bologna. He is the author of more than 460 scientific articles and 13 book chapters on topics such as lightning protection of electrical systems, blackouts, smart grids, smart cities and energy communities. He is presently serving as the Italian Representative in the HE Mission “Climate-Neutral and Smart cities”, as the Chair of the International Conference on Lightning Protection, ICLP, as co-chair of the International Conference on Power Systems Transients, IPST, and as vice-chair of the Executive Board of the Power Systems Computation Conference, PSCC. He is an IEEE Life Fellow, CIGRE Fellow and CSEE Fellow, and has received international awards, including the CIGRE Technical Committee Award and the ICLP Golde Award. He is an Honorary Doctor of the University of Bucharest, a member of Italian Science Academies (Bologna and Milano), and a Distinguished Invited Professor at Tsinghua University (2023–2026).