Francesco Zirilli born in Genoa in 1949 graduated from Sapienza Università di Roma in 1971.He has been a professor in Università di Camerino, Università di Catania, Università di Salerno.He his currently professor in Sapienza Università di Roma.He has been visiting professor in the USA several times ,principal investigator in research grants funded by national and international agencies,editorial board member or editor in chief of several scientific journals.The research interest of Francesco Zirilli are applied and numerical mathematics and their applications in science and engineering.He is author or coauthor of about 160 scientific publications in refereed journals and books.