Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba, born in Stockholm (Sweden), in 1955. Degree in Mathematics and PhD in Mathematical Statistics at the University of Stockholm (Sweden). Active in applied and theoretical research and teaching of mathematics, probability theory, mathematical and medical statistics since 1976. Since 1992, associate professor in probability theory and mathematical statistics (MAT/06) in Italy. Since 2001, active in the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Main research interests include mathematical and probabilistic modelling of infectious diseases in human populations and statistical analysis of infectious disease data. Several collaborations with researchers in medicine, biology and drug use research.

Participation in several EU funded research projects on epidemic and pandemic modelling and planning, expert consultant to the EU institutes EMCDDA (drug research) and ECDC (infectious diseases) and various collaborations with Italian scientific partners. Author or coauthor of more than 70 publications, referee for several international journals.