Liberato Manna (born December 5th 1971) received his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2001 from the University of Bari (Italy) and worked at U.C. Berkeley (USA) as a visiting student and then at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA) as a Postdoc until 2003. He was then scientist at the National Nanotechnology Lab in Lecce (Italy), and then moved to the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genova (Italy), in 2009 as head of the Nanochemistry Department. From 2010 to 2021 he was also part-time Professor at TU Delft (The Netherlands). Currently, he is also Associate Director of IIT for Blue Sky Research, Associate Editor of Nano Letters (American Chemical Society) and part-time professor at the University of Genova. His research interests include the synthesis and assembly of colloidal nanocrystals, the study of structural, chemical, and surface transformations in nanoscale materials, and their applications in energy, photonics, and electronics. He is also co-founder of Antares Electrolysis, a startup company that is committed to developing disruptive and high-performance solutions, leveraging innovative electrolysis technologies to produce valuable molecules and substances. Manna has received several awards over the years. He is also recipient of three ERC grant (starting, consolidator, advanced) and one proof of concept grant.