The transition to synchronization of networked systems

Stefano Boccaletti, born on October 21, 1966, is an Italian physicist and senior researcher at the CNR Institute for Complex Systems in Florence, Italy. His research focuses on nonlinear physics and complex systems, with applications in biology, medicine, data and networks sciences, and engineering. Boccaletti earned his PhD in physics from the University of Florence in 1995 and has held various academic and research positions, including at the University of Navarre, the National Institute of Optics, and the Technical University of Madrid. He has served as scientific attaché at the Italian Embassy in Israel and is currently editor-in-chief of Chaos Solitons and Fractals.

Boccaletti's work has made significant contributions to the understanding of chaos and synchronization in complex networks, including pioneering research on pattern formation in nonlinear optics. He co-authored several influential papers, notably on synchronization phenomena in complex networks, and his 2006 monograph Complex Networks: Structure and Dynamics is widely cited.

Among his honors, Boccaletti received a Marie Curie grant in 1998 and a PhD honoris causa from the University Rey Juan Carlos of Madrid in 2015. He is an honorary member of the Italian Society for Chaos and Complexity, a member of the Academia Europaea, and a guest professor at universities in China.