Personal information

Nationality

Italian

Date of birth

6.09.82

Gender

Male

Education and training

Dates

2011- 2013

Employed at MetaSensing BV, Noordwijk , The Netherlands, as Radar and SAR signal and data Processing engineer. The job was focused on FMCW Airborne SAR data.

He participated to the Phase A/B of the CoreH20 ((Cold Regions Hydrology High-Resolution Observatory) ESA (European Space Agency) Project (2010-2013) in the framework of the ESA's Earth Observation Envelope Programme as Radar and SAR engineer processor of X- and Ku- band airborne data, whose results have been presented in different international conferences in collaboration with Finnish Meterological Institute, DLR (German Aerospace Center), JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratories, USA) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency).

Besides he worked on a digital filter design for Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) suppression) of P-b and radar data.

InSAR

2010-2011

Synthetic Aperture Radar design and processing engineer at the Fraunhofer Institut in Wachtberg, FHR Highfrequency physics and radar techniques Department.

In the framework of the Crop.Sense consortium, the design of an UWB ground based SAR for crop biomass estimation has been realized and presented at the IRS in Leipzig, September 2011

2010

LCC

Temporary Job as RF engineering as subcontractor for the Italian Telecommunication company WIND

2006 – 2010

“Laurea Specialistica” (Master degree) in Telecommunications Engineering. The thesis work has been carried out at the “Deutsches Zentrum fűr Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.” (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen, reference Prof.Dr. I.Hajnsek, and concerns the forest height estimation by means of polarimetric interferometric analyses (POLinSAR) with TerraSAR-X data. Obtained on 03/26/2010

Title of the thesis: “Effect of temporal decorrelation for forest height inversion using repeat pass TerraSAR- X data”

InSAR, PolSAR, PolInSAR

Mark: 109/110

Thesis advisors : Prof. Antonio Iodice (Universitá di Napoli Federico II),

Prof. Irena Hajnsek (Earth Observation professor at UTH Zurich, DLR PolInSAR Group Leader)

Main Subjects(Master degree)

Complements of Mathematical Analysis, Statistical Signal Processing, Digital Signal Processing, Telecommunications Systems, Digital Transmission, Wireless Networks, Optics, Antennas and Propagation, Radio-coverage for Telecommunication Networks, Telecommunications Networks.

2002 - 2006

Title of qualification awarded

Laurea di primo livello (Bachelor degree) in Telecommunications Engineering

Curricula: Data Communications. Obtained on 07/26/2006;

Title of the thesis: "Analisi di Protocolli di Accesso per Wireless Mesh Networks" (Analysis of Access Protocols for Wireless Mesh Networks);

In the framework of the Bachelor Thesis knowledges of main protocols for Wireless Networks of the stack TCP/IP have been investigated

Mark: 103/110;

Thesis advisor: Prof. Giancarlo Ferraiuolo

Main Subjects

Computer Science Fundamentals, Basic Circuit Theory, Fundamentals of Dynamic Systems, Signal Theory, Analogic Electronics, Fundamentals of Probability, Guided Waves, Mobile Networks, Measurements basics, Electrical Communications, Electromagnetic Fields, Laboratory of Measurements, Programming I, English Language I and II.

Training in Access Protocols for Wireless Networks at the department of Electric Engineering and Telecommunications of University “Federico II” of Naples.

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

University “Federico II” of Naples (Italy).[“Laurea specialistica” and “Laurea di primo livello” courses]

“Deutsches Zentrum fűr Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.” (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen (Germany)[Thesis work]

Dates

1996 - 2001

Title of qualification awarded

Diploma di Maturità Scientifica (Scientific High School Diploma)

Marks 94/100.

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Liceo Scientifico "C.Miranda" of Frattamaggiore, Naples (Italy).

Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue(s)

Italian

Other language(s)

English

Understanding: Advanced User;

Speaking: Advanced User;

Writing: Advanced User.

Spanish

Understanding: Advanced User;

Speaking: Advanced User;

Writing: Advanced User

Basic knowledge of German

Social skills and competences

Team spirit, learning spirit, constant improvement task , ability to work in hard and stressful situations good ability to adapt to multicultural environments and good communication skills.,

Computer skills and competences

Optimum command of Microsoft Office tools;

Good knowledge of programs Matlab, and programming language C++ , GIS Softwares, Labview and IDL

Driving licence(s)

B

Other Skills

Attended many international conferences as International Radar Symposium, Leipzig 2011, ESA Fringe 2011 with relative ESA Interferometry NEST Course, EuSAR 2012, IEEE IGARSS 2012, ESA (European Space Agency) Living Planet Symposium 2013