Antonio Buonomo was born in Cardito, Napoli, Italy, in 1949. He received the Laurea degree in electronic engineering from the Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy, in 1975.

 In 1976, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Electronics at the Università della Calabria, Cosenza, Italy, where he later held the position of Associate Professor of Applied Electronics and, from 1984 to 1985, he was the chairman of the Dipartimento Elettrico. In 1985, he was appointed Associate Professor of Microelectronics at the Università di Salerno, Salerno, Italy. In 1998, he joined the Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Seconda Università di Napoli, Naples, Italy, where he is a Full Professor of Electronics. Since 1999, he has been a President of the Board of Electronics and of Computer Science of the Seconda Università di Napoli. His main research interests are focused on semiconductor devices analysis and processes modelling, analysis and design of analog circuits, nonlinear circuit theory and applications, and numerical  analysis of circuits.