Education and Professional Experience
Assistant Professor (Junior) (September 2022 – Present)
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna (DEI – Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering “Guglielmo Marconi”), Italy.
Courses: “Bioelectromagnetism” (second module; second cycle degree programme in Biomedical Engineering, Cesena, Italy), “Laboratory of Radiofrequency and Antennas” (second module; first cycle degree programme in Electronics Engineering for Energy and Information, Cesena Campus, Italy).
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (November 2020 – August 2022)
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna (DEI – Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering “Guglielmo Marconi”), Italy.
Research activities: “mm-Wave Characterization of Biological Tissues and Rectennas for Wearable and Implantable Devices” – PRIN 2017 Project WPT4WID (“Wireless Power Transfer for Wearable and Implantable Devices”); “Project of Co-localized Directive and Omnidirectional Antennas Working in the LoRa Band” – POR-FESR 2014-2020 Project “Innovative railway signaling system” in collaboration with Sadel S.p.A. and the Emilia-Romagna Region.
Teaching Tutor (February 2022 – September 2022)
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna (DEI – Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering “Guglielmo Marconi”). Courses: “Laboratory of Radiofrequency and Antennas” (first cycle degree programme in Electronics Engineering for Energy and Information, Cesena Campus, Italy), and “Trends in Communications” (second cycle degree programme in Telecommunications Engineering, Bologna, Italy).
Teaching Tutor (February 2021 – September 2021)
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna (DEI – Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering “Guglielmo Marconi”), Cesena Campus, Italy. Guidance and dissemination activities, supervision and preparation of lessons and laboratory exercitations within the framework of the courses of “Laboratory of Radiofrequency and Antennas”, “Electromechanical Energy Conversion”, “Project in Electronics and Telecommunications” (first and second cycle degree programme in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering for Energy).
Licensed Professional Engineer (December 2020)
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Italy. Qualification to the profession of Information Engineer (Section A).
PhD in Electronics, Telecommunications, and Information Technologies Engineering (November 2017 – October 2020)
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna (DEI – Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering "Guglielmo Marconi"), Italy. Research activity: “Microwave Radar and Wireless Power Transfer Systems for Biomedical and Industrial Applications”. Final evaluation: Excellent.
Visiting Researcher (February 2020 – May 2020)
KU Leuven (ESAT Department – TELEMIC), Belgium. Research activity: “Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer for Biomedical and Industrial Applications”.
Research Collaborator (October 2019 – January 2020)
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna (DEI – Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering "Guglielmo Marconi"), Italy. Research activity: “Project of a Far-Field Wireless Power Transfer System for Industry 4.0 Applications”.
Research Collaborator (December 2017 – July 2018)
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna (DEI – Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering "Guglielmo Marconi"), Italy. Research activity: “Project of a 868 MHz Radiant System for Remote Control of the Inductive Link”.
Research Fellow (June 2016 – October 2017)
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna (Interdepartmental Centre for Industrial ICT Research), Italy. Research activity: “Design of a Microwave System for Selecting and Tracking Wearable RFID Tags, both Active and Passive” – Project POR-FESR 2014-2020 HABITAT (“Home Assistance Based on the Internet of Things for the AuTonomy of everybody”).
Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering (September 2012 – March 2016)
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna (School of Engineering and Architecture), Italy. Final grade: 108/110, thesis title: “SAR and thermal effects on keratinocytes exposed to radiofrequencies”.
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering (September 2008 – March 2012)
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna (Second Faculty of Engineering at Cesena), Italy. Final grade: 109/110, thesis title: “Working principles of laser surgery instruments”.
Clinical Engineering Intern (April 2011 – July 2011)
Complex Operative Unit of Clinical Engineering and Health Technology Assessment – Hospital Corporation “Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord” (“San Salvatore” Hospital in Pesaro and “Santa Croce” Hospital in Fano), Italy.
High School Degree in Foreign Languages (September 2003 – July 2008)
Classical High School “T. Mamiani” – Pesaro, Italy. Final grade: 100/100 (cum Laude).
Patents
Italian patent grant for the industrial invention entitled “System for locating at least one RFID tag in space, in particular in an indoor environment, and method thereof” (application number: 102018000006710, filing date: 27/06/2018, granting date: 14/07/2020). Ownership: Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna. Inventors: Alessandra Costanzo, Diego Masotti, Giacomo Paolini. The patent has been selected as one of the two patents applied by the University of Bologna in the “ICT, artificial intelligence, IoT, big data, logistics and buildings” category for the “Intellectual Property Award 2019”, a competition promoted by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development.
Languages, Professional Skills and Other Activities
Languages: Italian (mother tongue), English (professional knowledge), French (good), German (good).
Professional skills: highly proficient with measuring instruments (oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, vector network analyzer, DC and RF generators). Professional knowledge of Matlab programming, CST Microwave Studio (electromagnetic 3-D simulations), Keysight ADS and Cadence AWR (circuit simulations), KiCad (PCB design).
Computer skills: highly proficient with the operating systems Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, and the Microsoft Office and Apache OpenOffice packs.
Teaching support activities: seminars, exercitations, thesis co-supervision, laboratory activities and exams within the framework of the courses of “Bioelectromagnetism”, “Circuit Design for Wireless Systems”, “Antennas for Wireless Systems”, “Optical and RF Systems and Circuits”, “Advanced Electromagnetic Transmission Techniques and Devices” (2017 – Present)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Member (2018 – Present).
IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) Member (2018 – Present).
IEEE MTT-S 28 (Biological Effects and Medical Applications) Technical Committee Affiliate Member (2021 – Present).
IEEE MTT-S 25 (Wireless Power Transfer and Energy Conversion) Technical Committee Affiliate Member (2021 – Present).
URSI (International Union of Radio Science) Commission D Early Career Representative (2023 – Present).
Italian Society of Electromagnetism (SIEm) Member (2018 – Present).
Member and Treasurer of the IEEE Student Branch of the University of Bologna (2019 – 2021).
Member of the 2023 IMS (International Microwave Symposium) TPRC (Technical Paper Review Committee) for the subcommittee “MHz-to-THz systems for biological and healthcare applications”.
Member of the 2022 IMS (International Microwave Symposium) TPRC (Technical Paper Review Committee) for the subcommittee “MHz-to-THz instrumentation for biological measurements and healthcare applications”.
Co-chair of the “Career Platform” and “Student Volunteering” activities at EuMW (European Microwave Week) 2022, Milan, Italy (September 2022).
Chair of the workshop entitled “Electromagnetic Waves in Daily Life: Research Insights from Young Professionals” at EuMW (European Microwave Week) 2022, Milan, Italy (September 2022).
Organizer of a special session for RFID-TA (RFID Technology and Applications) 2022, Cagliari, Italy (September 2022). Title of the special session: “Wireless Power Transfer Enabling the IoT Energy Harvesting”.
Expert member of the commission for qualification to the profession of Information Engineer (Section A) – Telecommunications Engineering (second session – 2021, first session – 2022).
Peer reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (IEEE MTT-S), IEEE Access (IEEE), Wireless Power Transfer (Cambridge University Press), International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies (Cambridge University Press), Journal of Instrumentation (SISSA and IoP Publishing), Microwave and Optical Technology Letters (Wiley), Electronics Letters (IET), Electrical Engineering (Springer), Wireless Power Transfer (Hindawi), International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (SAGE Publishing), Automation in Construction (Elsevier), IEEE and EuMA International Conferences (2018 – Present).
Review editor in Wearable Antennas (special section of Frontiers in Antennas and Propagation) (2022 – Present).
Awards
URSI (International Union of Radio Science) Young Scientist Award within the framework of the 2022 URSI AT-AP RASC conference (Gran Canaria, Spain, May–June 2022).
“Marco Polo” Grant issued by the department DEI “Guglielmo Marconi” of the University of Bologna (February 2020) for the financing of a research period abroad (KU Leuven, Belgium).
“PhD Student Sponsorship Initiative” grant for the participation and the accommodation at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) (Boston, Massachusetts, USA, June 2019).
Poster Session Award at the 3rd edition of the Summer School on Cyber-Physical Systems (Toulouse, France, July 2018). Title of the poster: “A Novel RFID Indoor Positioning System for eHealth”.
Candidate in 2008 for the “Alfieri del Lavoro” Prize of the National Federation “Cavalieri del Lavoro”.
Certified in National Register of the Excellences, set up by the MIUR (Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research), for the High School Degree achieved in the academic year 2007/2008 (www.indire.it/eccellenze).
“Guido Paolucci” scholarship, sponsored by the Cooperative Credit Bank of Gradara, having obtained the High School Degree in Foreign Languages “T. Mamiani” in Pesaro with the best grade in the academic year 2007/2008.
Scholarship with prize trip in Germany organized by PAD in collaboration with the Culture Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany in the academic year 2006/2007. Stay in a host family from 20 June to 15 July 2007 in Untereisenheim (Bavaria) and in Berlin and attendance of German lessons in Egbert-Gymnasium (Münsterschwarzach).
Attendance at Conferences and Courses
2022 IEEE Real Time Communications Conference (RTC). Title of the presented work during the panel session entitled “5G-Integrated IoE: from Design and Manufacturing to Applications”: “Microwave IoT Solutions for Biomedical and Industrial Applications” (Virtual Event, October 2022).
2022 European Microwave Week (EuMW). Title of the presented work during the workshop “Electromagnetic Waves in Daily Life: Research Insights from Young Professionals”: “WPT and Energy Harvesting Solutions for Biomedical and Industrial Applications” (Milan, Italy, September 2022).
2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS). Co-chair of the session entitled: “MHz-to-THz Instrumentation for Biological Measurements and Healthcare Applications” (Denver, CO, USA, June 2022).
2022 3rd URSI Atlantic and Asia Pacific Radio Science Meeting (AT-AP-RASC). Title of the presented work: “An Energy-Autonomous SWIPT RFID Tag for Communication in the 2.4 GHz ISM Band” (Gran Canaria, Spain, May–June 2022).
2021 IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications (RFID-TA). Title of the presented work: “Recent Developments of RFID and WPT Technologies for Biomedical and Industrial Applications at the University of Bologna” (Virtual Event, October 2021).
2021 Radio Wireless Week (RWW) – IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet). Title of the presented work: “RF Energy Harvesting from GFSK-Modulated BLE Signals” (Virtual Event, January 2021).
2020 European Microwave Conference (EuMC). Title of the presented work: “An Ambient-Insensitive Battery-Less Wireless Node for Simultaneous Powering and Communication” (Virtual Event, January 2021).
2020 International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC). Title of the presented work: “Toward an Energy-Autonomous Wearable System for Human Breath Detection” (Virtual Event, December 2020).
2020 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS). Title of the presented work: “RF Energy On-Demand for Automotive Applications” (Virtual Event, August 2020).
2019 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications and in the IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (ICEAA - IEEE APWC). Title of the presented work: “Experimental Study of a Self-Oscillating Antenna at 5.8 GHz for Breath Monitoring” (Granada, Spain, September 2019).
2019 National GTTI (Telecommunications and Information Technologies Group) and SIEm (Italian Society of Electromagnetism) Joint Meeting. Title of the presented work: “Microwave Radar Systems for Indoor Localization and Biomedical Applications” (Pavia, Italy, June 2019).
2019 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) (Boston, Massachusetts, USA, June 2019):
- Presentation of the work entitled “Anchorless Indoor Localization and Tracking in Real-Time at 2.45 GHz” in the technical session “Advances in RFID Systems”.
- Held a workshop entitled “Highly Efficient Passive Localization Exploiting Harmonic RFID Tags” within the workshop session “Digital Signal Processing for Radio Frequency Identification”.
- Participation at the Graduate Student Challenge with a poster entitled “Frequency-Selective Spatial Resolution for Far-Field Eye Tracking of Locked-In Syndrome Patients”.
- Selected jury member in the Student Design Competition “Wearable/Frugal Microwave Energy Harvesting Design”.
- Student volunteer during the sessions of the 2019 International Microwave Symposium.
1st Doctoral Workshop on “Cultural Heritage” organized by UNA Europa, the European University Alliance established by Freie Universität Berlin, Università di Bologna, Uniwersytet Jagielloński Krakow, KU Leuven, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Title of the presented research project: “A RFID Reader for Localization and Tracking of People and Objects in Indoor Environments” (Madrid, Spain, November 2018).
Marconi Society Young Scholar Symposium, on the occasion of the 2018 Marconi Prize. Title of the presented research project: “RFID Technologies for Indoor Positioning Systems”. (Bologna, Italy, October 2018).
2018 EMF-Med World Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields. Title of the presented works: “Simulated Effects of Specific Absorption Rate and Thermal Variations on Keratinocytes and Epidermis Exposed to Radio-Frequency”, “Wearable Tag at 2.45 GHz for Continuous Tracking of Patients Activities in Indoor Environments” (Split, Croatia, September 2018).
22nd National Reunion of Electromagnetism (RiNEm). Title of the presented work: “A Microwave Radar System for Indoor Positioning Tracking of Elderly and Dependent People” (Cagliari, Italy, September 2018).
3rd Summer School on Cyber-Physical Systems (Toulouse, France, July 2018).
2017 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes (IMWS-AMP). Title of the presented work: “Human-Centered Design of a Smart ‘Wireless Sensor Network Environment’ Enhanced With Movement Analysis System and Indoor Positioning Qualifications” (Pavia, Italy, September 2017).
2017 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium. Title of the presented work: “A Portable RFID Reader Augmented with Tracking Capabilities for Indoor Monitoring of People” (Florence, Italy, March 2017).
7th Management Committee/Working Group Meeting and Workshop of IC1301 COST Action (WiPE: Wireless Power transmission for sustainable Electronics). Title of the presentation for the Student Competition: “An Agile RFID Reader for Tracking Elderly People Occupancy in Indoor Environments” (Aalborg, Denmark, September 2016).
International Spring School of IC1301 COST Action (WiPE: Wireless Power transmission for sustainable Electronics): “Electromagnetics and emerging technologies for pervasive applications: Internet of Things, Health and Safety” (Pontecchio Marconi, Bologna, Italy, April 2016).
4th National Conference on Medical Devices: “Guaranteeing efficiency, security and innovation for a sustainable growth” (Rome, Italy, May–June 2011).
