Stefano Carlino is a researcher in volcanology at the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Osservatorio Vesuviano in Naples. His scientific activities have focused on several fields of volcanology and geothermal research including geothermal exploration and exploitation of volcanic areas; the dynamics of resurgence calderas and the physical modelling of volcanic processes, the scientific drillings in active volcanic areas together with innovative techniques for borehole and marine monitoring of active volcanoes. He has visited volcanoes in Central America and the West Indies, the Philippines, Chile, Patagonia, the Cape Verde and Canary Islands. In addition to his research activities he is interested in scientific communication in the field of Earth Sciences.