Fabio Furini is a Research Fellow at the Italian National Research Council (CNR). From 2013 to 2019, he was a Maı̂tre de Conférences (equivalent to Associate Professor) at the Laboratoire d’analyse et modélisation de systèmes pour l’aide à la décision (LAMSADE) of Université Paris-Dauphine. Fabio Furini is a researcher in the fields of mathematical programming and discrete optimization. His backbone research project aims at studying and developing effective exact algorithms, based on reformulation and decomposition techniques, for Mixed Integer Linear and Nonlinear Programs. Over the last ten years, Fabio Furini has published numerous articles in top international journals in the field of discrete mathematics and combinatorial optimization. He received a Ph.D in Automation and Operations Research at the University of Bologna in 2011 and he has obtained the Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) at Université Paris-Dauphine, in 2017. He has also held visiting positions at prestigious universities in Europe and the United States, including the University of Colorado and the Imperial College of London.