Short bio

Lorenzo Luini was born in Italy, in 1979. He received the Laurea Degree in Telecommunication Engineering in 2004 (cum laude) and the Ph.D. degree in Information Technology in 2009 (cum laude), both from Politecnico di Milano, Italy. He is currently Associate Professor at DEIB (Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria) of Politecnico di Milano.

Since 2004, his research activities have been relative to E.M. wave propagation through the atmosphere, at radio and optical frequencies, for terrestrial and Earth-space links: physical and statistical modeling for E.M. propagation applications (e.g. attenuation due to rain/ice particles and expected performance of SatCom and terrestrial wireless links); remote sensing of atmospheric constituents using radiometric data; design of wireless terrestrial and SatCom (GEO, MEO, LEO) systems, also implementing Fade Mitigation Techniques (e.g. site/time diversity); performance evaluation of Free Space Optics Earth-space (to satellite or deep space probes) systems; impact of the atmosphere on Synthetic Aperture Radars (SAR); analysis of the performance of spaceborne GNSS receivers.

Lorenzo Luini also worked as a System Engineer in the Industrial Unit – Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Department – at Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.A.

He has been involved in several European COST projects, in the European Satellite Network of Excellence (SatNEx), as well as in several projects commissioned to the research group by the European Space Agency (ESA), the USA Air Force Laboratory (AFRL), the European Commission (H2020), satellite operators (SES, Inmarsat, Intelsat) and Huawei Technologies.

Lorenzo Luini authored several contributions to international conferences and scientific journals (see here), for which he also serves as a reviewer (e.g. IEEE TAP - Transactions on Antennas and Propagation). He is Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (TAP), Associate Editor of International Journal on Antennas and Propagation (IJAP), IEEE Senior Member and member of the Italian Society of Electromagnetism, Board Member of the working group “Propagation” of EurAAP (European Association on Antennas and Propagation) and Leader of Working Group “Propagation data calibration” within the AlphaSat Aldo Paraboni propagation Experimenters (ASAPE) group.

Detailed information

Education

• Ph.D., Information Technology, Politecnico di Milano (2006 ─ 2009)
• Laurea degree, Telecommunications Engineering, Politecnico di Milano (1998 ─ 2004)

Experience

• Associate Professor (SSD ING-INF/02 ─ Electromagnetic fields), Politecnico di Milano (2020 ─ )
• Senior Researcher - RTDb (SSD ING-INF/02 ─ Electromagnetic fields), Politecnico di Milano (2017 ─ 2020)
• Junior Researcher - RTDa (SSD ING-INF/02 ─ Electromagnetic fields), Politecnico di Milano (2016 ─ 2017)
• Temporary Researcher (SSD ING-INF/02 ─ Electromagnetic fields), Politecnico di Milano (2010 ─ 2014)

• System Engineer (GNSS department), Thales Alenia Space Italia (2009)

Awards

• Radio Science Top Cited Article (2023) ─ A. M. Musthafa, L Luini, C. Riva, S. N. Livieratos, G. Roveda, “A Long-term Experimental Investigation on the Impact of Rainfall on Short 6G D-band Links”, Radio Science, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2023.
• IEEE TAP featured article (2023) ─ M. Biscarini, G. Stazi, L. Milani, L. Luini, C. Riva, D. Cimini, S. T. Nilo, S. Gentile, F. Romano, G. Brost, A. Martellucci, “Statistical Modeling of Atmospheric Propagation Channel at W-Band through Sun-Tracking Microwave Radiometric Measurements for Non-Geostationary Satellite Links”, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 71, no. 9, Page(s): 7512-7522, September 2023.
• EuCAP 2023 Best Propagation Paper Award finalist (2023) ─ L. Luini, C. Riva, F. S. Marzano, M. Biscarini, L. Milani, D. Cimini, S. T. Nilo, A. Martellucci, “Development and Application of Advanced Experimental Techniques for Ground Microwave Radiometry in All Weather Conditions”, EuCAP 2023, pp. 1-5, 26-31 March 2023, Florence, Italy.
• URSI GA 2021 Young Scientisti Award - Supervised M.Sc. student (2021) ─ M. Fetescu, L. Luini, “A site diversity model for non-geosynchronous systems: development and preliminary results”, URSIGA 2021, 28 August-4 September 2021, Rome, Italy.. Featured article.
• EuCAP 2020 Best Propagation Paper Award winner (2020) ─ L. Luini, C. Riva, A. Panzeri, A. Rocha, S. Mota, F. Marzano, A. Marziani, M. Biscarini, F. Consalvi, V. Schena, A. Martellucci, “The MEKaP Project: Measuring Tropospheric Impairments at Ka Band with MEO Satellites”, EuCAP 2020, pp. 1-5 15-20 March 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• EuCAP 2015 Best Propagation Paper Award winner (2015) ─ L. Luini, C. Capsoni, “Joint Effects of Clouds and Rain on Ka-Band Earth Observation Data Downlink Systems”, pp. 1-5, EuCAP 2015, 12-17 April 2015, Lisbon, Portugal.
• EuCAP 2014 Best Propagation Paper Award finalist (2014) ─ L. Luini, R. Nebuloni, C. Capsoni, “Using ECMWF Reanalysis Data for Radiometric Calibration”, EuCAP 2014, 6-11 April 2014, The Hague, The Netherlands.
• Electronics Letters Featured Article (2013) ─ L. Luini, C. Capsoni, "Inside view", Electronics Letters, Vol. 49, Issue 17, p. 1046, 15 August 2013.
• APRASC 2013 Young Scientisti Award - Supervised Ph.D. student (2013) ─ H.Y. Lam, L. Luini, J. Din, C. Capsoni, A. D. Panagopoulos, “Performance of Site-Diversity Satellite Communication Systems in Equatorial Malaysia Investigated Through Weather Radar Data”, pp. 1-4, 2013 Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (APRASC’13), 3-7 September 2013, Taipei, Taiwan.
• ISAP 2012 Young Scientisti Award - Supervised Ph.D. student (2012) ─ H.Y. Lam, L. Luini, J. Din, A. D. Panagopoulos, C. Capsoni, “Assessment of Seasonal Asia Monsoon Rain Impact on the Earth-Space Propagation in Equatorial Kuala Lumpur”, The 2012 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP2012), pp. 1-4, 29 October-2 November 2012, Nagoya, Japan
• Ph.D. thesis Chorafas Foundation Prize (2009) ─ L. Luini, “MultiEXCELL: a large-scale rain field model for propagation applications and its experimental identification (Alphasat)”, Ph.D. thesis in Information Technology, Politecnico di Milano, XXI Cycle, 2009.

Invited contributions

• EuCAP 2023 invited contribution - Convened session 'Propagation research at the cross-road of telecommunication, space systems, remote-sensing and meteorology: A tribute to Frank Silvio Marzano' (2023)
• EuCAP 2023 invited contribution - Second edition of the 'Frontiers in Propagation and Wireless Channel Modeling' workshop (2023)
• 6th International Multi-Topic ICT Conference invited Keynote Speaker (2021)
• InCAP 2020 invited talk (2020)
• EuCAP 2019 invited contribution - Convened session 'Propagation Aspects in Remote Sensing' - second edition (2019)
• 5th International Multi-Topic ICT Conference invited Keynote Speaker (2018)
• EuCAP 2018 invited contribution - Convened session 'Propagation Aspects in Remote Sensing' - first edition (2018)
• EuCAP 2017 invited contribution - First edition of the 'Frontiers in Propagation and Wireless Channel Modeling' workshop (2017)
• EuCAP 2016 invited contributions (2) - Convened session 'The Alphasat Aldo Paraboni scientific experiment: results on the Ka- and Q-band propagation campaigns' (2016)

Research visits

• UCLouvain (Université Catholique de Louvain), Belgium – Visiting professor (2018)
• SES (Société Européenne des Satellites), Luxembourg – COST Action IC0802 (2010)
• ONERA (Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales), France – COST Action 280 (2004)

Roles in the scientific community

• Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (TAP) (2023 ─ )
• Chair of the EurAAP (European Association on Antennas and Propagation) working group “Propagation” (2024 ─ )
• EurAAP (European Association on Antennas and Propagation) board member for the working group “Propagation” (2018 ─ )
• Member of the Conference Organizing Committee for EuCAP 2024 - Awards and Grants Chair (2023 ─ 2024)
• Conference session charing
  • EuCAP 2016: 2 sessions
  • EuCAP 2017: 2 sessions
  • EuCAP 2024: 3 sessions
  • EuCAP 2025: 1 session
• IEEE Senior Member (2017 ─ )
• Member of the SIEm (Società Italiana di Elettromagnetismo – Italian Society of Electromagnetism) (2017 ─ )
• Organizer of a convened session at EuCAP 2016 (2016)
• Co-organizer of the Alphasat experimenters meeting at Ettore Majorana Centre (Erice, Italy) (2016)
• Reviewer for EuCAP (2015 ─ )
• Leader of Working Group 5 “Propagation data calibration” within the AlphaSat Aldo Paraboni propagation Experimenters (ASAPE) group (2015 ─ )
• Associate Editor for Hindawi International Journal of Antennas and Propagation (IJAP) (2014 ─ )
• Member of the ITU-R Study Group 3 "Radiowave Propagation" (2008 ─ )
• Editorial Board Member of Optics (MDPI), Electronics (MDPI), Frontiers in Space Technologies and Jurnal Ilmu Fisika
• Reviewer for more than 30 scientific journals