Luigi Cosentino was born in Catania, Italy, in 1970. He received the M.Sc. degree in physics from the University of Catania, Catania, in 1995.
He is a High School Teacher of electronics. He is currently with the Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, INFN, Catania, under research contracts, where he is dealing with the diagnostics of the radioactive ion beam facility. He is the author of many physics and technology papers and is currently involved in the development of high-sensitivity detection systems for photons and charged particles.