Cesare P. Umeton was born in Marsala (Italy) in 1949 and received his Laurea degree in Physics with honors at the University of Pisa in 1974. He was Assistant Professor, Researcher, and Fixed Term Professor and Associate Professor at the Physics Department of the University of Calabria. Since 2001, he is Full Professor of Experimental Physics at the same department, where he was President of the ‘Degree course in Materials Science’, and is now coordinator of the ‘Optics Group’. He is an OSA fellow, President of the ‘Association for Novel Optical Materials and Applications (ANOMA)’, member of several national and international scientific associations, member of the organizing committee of several international conferences; he is, and has been, scientific manager of several national and international projects. His research interests are in the field of atomic and molecular physics, magnetic resonance and optics of liquid crystals, and liquid crystalline composite materials. He is co-author of more than 170 articles that appeared in international journals of Physics and Material Science, more than 150 communications at international conferences, and co-author of international patents.