Alex R. Piquero is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology & Criminology and Arts & Sciences Distinguished Scholar the University of Miami and Professor of Criminology at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He has published over 475 peer-reviewed articles in the areas of criminal careers, crime policy, and crime prevention and has collaborated on several books. His work has been cited over 50,000 times (h-index=119). A 2019 article in Plos Biology identified him as being included among the top 100,000 most-cited scientists in the world. In November 2019 and November 2020, he was recognized by the Web of Science Group as one of the world’s most influential researchers (i.e., a Highly Cited Researcher). He has also served as a member of several National Academy of Sciences panels related to criminal justice. Professor Piquero has given congressional testimony on evidence-based crime prevention practices and has provided counsel and support to several local, state, national, and international criminal justice agencies. In 2015, United States Attorney General Eric Holder appointed him to the Office of Justice Programs Science Advisory Board. In September 2019, Dallas City Mayor Eric Johnson appointed him to the Mayor’s Task Force on Safe Communities and Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot appointed him as a member of the DA’s Urban Crime Initiative. In December 2020, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine F. Rundle appointed Dr. Piquero to the Executive Committee of the Continuing Justice Reform Commission. In March 2021, he was elected to the Council on Criminal Justice and in April 2021 he was appointed to the Science Advisory Board of the Melissa Institute in Miami. Professor Piquero has received a number of awards for his research, teaching, and service including Fellow of both the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and recipient of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Bruce Smith, Sr. Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Division of Developmental & Life-Course Criminology. His research and commentary has been featured in several media outlets including: The New York Times, Reuters, CNN, The Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Miami Herald, The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard Magazine, and the Dallas Morning News. In February 2016, NBC News Latino profiled him via an exclusive interview with Washington Post syndicated columnist Esther J. Cepeda (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/what-i-ve-learned-our-talk-top-ranked-criminologist-alex-n522046).