Paolo Inglese was born in Palermo and took his degree in Agricultural Sciences at Unipa. He took his PhD in Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture at the University of Florence, in 1985. Full Professor of Arboriculture, at the University of Palermo since 2000, he teaches in the course Study of Agri-food Sciences and Technologies of which he was the Coordinator for 6 years. As a fruit quality expert, he has given short courses or lectures at Universities such as UCLA and UC Davis in California, Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva, Israel. Academician of the Georgofili, of the Italian Academy of Agriculture of Bologna, of the Italian Academy of Forest Sciences and of the Italian Academy of Olive and Oil. Former President of the Italian Horticultural Society (SOI) for two terms. He is the author of several international volumes and over 125 publications surveyed by Scopus. He has always collaborated with FAO, for which he has several times coordinated a worldwide research network on prickly pears and has edited 2 technical volumes and several pamphlets. Since 2017 he serves as Director of the Museum System of the University of Palermo and with it he has created exhibitions, events and public engagement that involved thousands of visitors / spectators.