Stefano Leonardi is a Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the University of Texas at Dallas. He earned a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Sapienza University. His research interests include turbulence, computational fluid mechanics, wind energy, drag reduction, superhydrophobic surfaces, and heat transfer. Among his various distinctions, Prof. Leonardi received the Distinguished Researcher and Distinguished Professor Award from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez in 2011–2012. He was also a keynote speaker at the 2009 IUTAM Symposium on the Physics of Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows on Rough Walls and for the Turbulent Boundary Layers session at the AIAA meeting in 2008.