Prof. Dr. Concita Sibilia received her doctoral degree from the University of Roma "La Sapienza". She is currently Head of the nonlinear optical laboratory at the Dipartimento di Energetica of the University of Roma. She is full professor in Physics since 2000. Her main research interests are in the field of optics and nonlinear optics at nanoscale . She is chair of ESF-COST P11 action on " Physics of Photonics Crystals ". She is also member of the American Optical Society and member of the European Physical Society.