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Maurizio Candidi was born in Rome, in 1943. He received the Laurea degree from the Faculty of Physics, University of Rome, in 1968. He joined Laboratorio Plasma Spazio, CNR, the National Research Council of Italy, in 1970, and performed research on Earth magnetosphere and Interplanetary Space Physics throughout his career. He was a Visiting Scientist in several U.S. research centers, NOAA, Boulder, CO, and Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, for extended periods. He was involved in the preparation and flight data analysis for several space missions, in particular, a Mission Scientist for the Thetered Satellite System Mission. He collaborated for several years with the Italian Antarctic Program, leading the Astronomy and Space Physics National Community. He was elected as a Chief Officer of the Physical Sciences Standing Scientific Group, Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR), ICSU. He was nominated by SCAR as Liaison to SCOSTEP, the Scientific Committee for Solar TErrestrial Physics of ICSU. He served as the Director of the Interplanetary Space Physics Institute (IFSI), CNR. He has been the Research Director since 2008, still holding a position as an Associate Scientist of IAPS, Space Astrophysical and Planetology Institute, INAF, the National Astrophysical Institute of Italy.