  We give an account of the main achievements of the scientific career of
Andrea Vitturi so far, that have recently been discussed during the workshop
"Theoretical Nuclear Physics in Padova" on the occasion of his retirement from
full professor at the University of Padova. He has oftentimes been the driving
force behind numerous contributions to nuclear structure and nuclear reactions
that are here reviewed: giant resonances, pairing correlations, collective
modes, algebraic models, inelastic excitations, electromagnetic response,
break-up and transfer reactions, coupled-channel formalism, clustering,
subbarrier fusion processes, etc. Among these topics several inspirational
works and ideas can be found that we would like to highlight.
