THESIS

THESIS TOPICS
Undergraduate, Master and PhD theses are offered in the following research fields:

  • Satellite remote sensing of the environment (rain, temperature, water vapor, humidity, cloud liquid, ash)

  • Remote sensing sensors (weather radar, wind profiler radar, microwave radiometer, infrared radiometer)

  • Radar remote sensing of the atmosphere (rain, wind velocity, ash, spatial-temporal fields, polarimetry)

  • Electromagnetic wave propagation (turbulence, clouds and precipitation, microwave, millimeter-wave)

  • Inverse problems in remote sensing (statistical techniques, neural-network methods, physical methods)

  • Radio-propagation for satellite telecommunications (rain fading, scintillation, prediction model, noise)

  • Optical propagation in free space (turbulence, fog, aerosol, precipitation, channel modeling)


You can contact directly Prof. Marzano if interested (frank.marzano@uniroma1.it).

Meeting: every Wednesday, h. 15:00 CET (if remotely, use https://meet.google.com/gdt-rxzz-gmk)

Where: via Eudossiana 18, Roma (DIET 3rd floor).

The research topics are organized within 3 Laboratories:

  1. Laboratory of RadioMeteorology (LabRadioMet)

  2. Laboratory of AlphaSat satellite (LabAlphaSat)

  3. Laboratory of Earth Observation (LabEarthObs)

The research activity is carried out at:

DIET - Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Sapienza Università di Roma - Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma, IT

CRAS - Centro di Ricerca Aerospaziale Sapienza - Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma, IT

CETEMPS - Centro di Eccellenza in Telerilevamento E Modellistica Previsionale di eventi meteo Severi, Università dell’Aquila - Via Vetoio, 67010 L’Aquila, IT


The PhD program in Information and Communication Technology (PhD-ICT) is the reference PhD course with a curriculum in Remote sensing and Electromagnetics. The PhD-ICT program is managed by DIET Spianeza UniRome, but in agreement with other national and international institutes and universities.


Depending on the research project, collaborations are foreseen during the thesis with:

  • Università dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, IT

  • Politecnico di Milano, IT

  • Università di Firenze, IT

  • Universitè de Geneve, Geneva, CH

  • University of Auvergne Clermont, Clermont-Ferrand, FR

  • University of Helsinki, FL

  • Technical University of Graz, Graz, AT

  • INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia), Roma/Catania, IT

  • CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) - ISAC, IMAA, ISMAR & IIET

  • European Space Agency (ESA) - ESTEC, Nordwijk, NL

  • European Space Agency (ESA) - ESOC, Darmstadt, D

  • Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Rome, IT

  • Agenzia di Protezione Civile Abruzzo, L'Aquila, IT

  • Agenzia di Protezione Civile Lazio, Roma, IT

  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA CalTech, Pasedena (CA, USA)

  • Thales Alenia Space Italy, Roma, IT

  • Leonardo, Roma, Italy

  • HIMET, L'Aquila, IT

  • ELDES, Scandicci (FI), IT

  • Micro&Systems, Pomezia (RM), IT

  • Progressive Systems, Frascati (RM), IT

  • TerraDue, Roma, IT



PHD THESIS SUPERVISION

  • Dr. Sabatino Di Michele (2001-2004, Univaq) - "Bayesian Methods for Microwave-Based Precipitation Retrieval"

  • Dr. Gianfranco Vulpiani (2002-2005, Univaq - Co-supervisor) - "Telerilevamento radar delle precipitazioni atmosferiche: modelli, metodi e applicazioni"

  • Dr. Alessandra Tassa (2002-2005, Uniroma1 - Co-supervisor) - "Modeling Uncertainties for Passive Microwave Precipitation Retrieval"

  • Dr. Giancarlo Ferrauto (2002-2005, Univaq) - "Telerilevamento attivo a microonde: modelli di trasferimento radiativo e applicazioni radar meteorologiche"

  • Dr. Mario Montopoli (2004-07, Unibas & Univaq) - "Microwave radar remote sensing of atmospheric precipitation: spatial-temporal models and inversion statistical techniques"

  • Dr. Klaide De Sanctis (2005-2008, Unibas & Univaq) - "Previsione meteorologica ad alta risoluzione: sviluppo di modelli polarimetrici su base microfisica"

  • Dr. Giancarlo Rivolta (2005-2008, Univaq & Uniroma1) - "Remote Sensing of Precipitation and Fires from a Geostationary Satellite Platform for Real-Time warning of Environmental Risk"

  • Dr. Michele De Rosa (2007-2010, Unibas & Uniroma1) - "Ensemble Bayesian Nowcasting of Geostationary Multispectral Imagery Using Neural Networks For Hydro-Meteorological Applications"

  • Dr. Saverio Mori (2007-2010, Unibas & Uniroma1) - "Precipitation retrieval from Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) measurements at X, Ku, and Ka bands: numerical modeling, inversion algorithms and applications"

  • Dr. Ida Maiello (2009-2012, Unibas & Univaq) - "Impatto dell’assimilazione variazionale dei dati Radar Doppler per alcuni casi di eventi severi sul Centro Italia"

  • Dr. Giovanni Botta (2010-2013, Uniroma1) - "Radar polarimetria: modelli di diffusione e assorbimento d’idrometeore e correzione dell’attenuazione di percorso"

  • Dr. Sara Pompili (2011-2014, Univaq & Uniroma1) - "Spaceborne Microwave Interferometric Radiometers for Lunar Sub-Surface Remote Sensing: Design, Trade-off and Technology"

  • Dr. Marianna Biscarini (2012-2015, Uniroma1) - "Microwave propagation for deep space exploration: modeling radio-meteorological effects and optimizing data volume transfer"

  • Dr. Isabella Bordi (2012-2015, Uniroma1) - "On the determination of atmospheric water vapor from GPS measurements"

  • Dr. Luigi Mereu (2012-2015, Uniroma1) - "Active remote sensing of volcanic plumes: Models, algorithms and applications"

  • Dr. Federica Polverari (2013-2016, Uniroma1 & NASA) - "Theoretical modeling of dual-frequency scatterometer response: improving ocean wind and rainfall effects"

  • Dr. Marta Falconi (2014-2017, Uniroma1) - "Remote Sensing and Electromagnetic Modeling Applied to Weather and Forward Scatter Radar"

  • Dr. Augusto M. Marziani (2014-2017, Uniroma1) - "Tropospheric scintillation and attenuation on satellite-to-Earth links at Ka and Q band: modeling, validation and experimental applications"

  • Dr. Luca Milani (2016-2019, Uniroma1) - "Atmospheric remote sensing and radiopropagation: from numerical modeling to spaceborne and terrestrial applications"

  • Dr. Mario Papa (2017-2020, Uniroma1) - "Geolocating Low-Earth-Orbit satellite data from next-generation millimeter-wave radiometers using natural targets"

  • Mr. Edoardo Raparelli (2018-..., Uniroma1) - on going

  • Mrs. Maria Paola Manzi (2020-..., Uniroma1) - on going

  • Mr. Mattia Pecci (2020-..., Uniroma1 & ENEA) - on going

  • Mrs. Nancy Alvan Romero (2021-..., Uniroma1) - on going

  • Mr. Paolo Cicolin (2021-..., Uniroma1) - on going