Gianumberto Accinelli was born in 1969 in the town of Bologna. He obtained a degree in agriculture and a PhD studying biological control techniques and applied ecology with professor and Giorgio Celli Stefano Maini. In 2005 he founded the start up Eugea to bring back butterflies within cities. He spent long periods studying and teaching in the United States and in the Republic of Hait He has also been Professor of Applied Entomology at the University of Bologna and at the University of Anghiari. Now he coordinates Eugea project and gives lessons about nature all over Italy schools. He also leads a radio program and he is often invited by several National TV as expert entomologist.

Author of scientific publications and of several popular books of success. He has been selected by the newspaper Corriere della Sera, among the twenty people that are changing Italy