Professor Piero Baglioni is a professor of Physical chemistry at the University of Florence and director of the Italian Center for Colloid and Nanoscience (CSGI). His scientific interests focus on the Physical Chemistry of soft matter systems, both from a fundamental and an applicative point of view. In particular, his research interests concern amphiphilic and lipid self-assembly, water confinement in inorganic and organic matrices, and the design of inorganic and hybrid nanostructured materials for applications in different areas, such as materials for cultural heritage conservation, coatings, and building materials.