Andrea Padovani received the graduation degree in electronic engineering from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Ferrara, Italy. After holding several positions with the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, he co-founded MDLab s.r.l., Italy, in 2013 and MDLsoft, USA, in 2017, two companies developing and marketing the commercial semiconductor device simulation software Ginestra. He has authored and co-authored over 140 technical papers. His research interests include the modeling of dielectric degradation and breakdown of transistors and the modeling of nonvolatile memories. He is/has been a Committee Member of IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium, International Symposium on Very Large Scale Integration Technology, Systems and Applications and of the European Symposium on Reliability of Electron Devices, and Failure Physics and Analysis.