Stefano Mancuso is the Director of the International Laboratory of Plant Neurobiology (LINV) in Florence, Italy, a founder of the International Society for Plant Signalling and Behaviour, and a professor at the University of Florence. His recent books include The Revolutionary Genius of Plants: A New Understanding of Plant Intelligence and Behaviour (2017), Brilliant Green: The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence (2015), and Measuring Roots: An Updated Approach (2011)