My research revolves around novel applications of diffraction theory to radar systems. This has included the development of a multilayer coherent backscattering simulator, which can efficiently simulate radar echoes from rough terrains with an arbitrary number of geological layers. This algorithm has been used to support studies pertaining to several air- or spaceborne radar sounders, including the RIME instrument of ESA's JUICE probe. I have also conducted research about the optimal engineering choices for novel radar systems with a specific application, such as a radar sounder for lunar lava tube exploration, and or on the use of orbital arrays for radar sounding using, e.g., smallsats in formation flying. Another of my domains of interest is the use of Jupiter's radio emission to perform passive sounding of its icy moons through comprehensive simulations.
Journal papers
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A Simulation Approach to Characterizing Sub-Glacial Hydrology
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Observation of solar radio burst events from Mars orbit with the Shallow Radar instrument
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Exploring the Interior of Europa with the Europa Clipper
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The phase response of a rough rectangular facet for radar sounder simulations of both coherent and incoherent scattering
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An Unsupervised Fuzzy System for the Automatic Detection of Lava Tubes in Radar Sounder Data
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Martian roughness analogues of Europan terrains and implications on radar backscatter
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A coherent method for simulating active and passive radar sounding of the Jovian icy moons
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The ASI P-band helicopter-borne integrated sounder-SAR system: preliminary results of the 2018 Morocco desert campaign
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Distributed radar sounder: a novel concept for subsurface investigations using sensors in formation flight
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A coherent multilayer simulator of radargrams acquired by radar sounder instruments
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A multi-frequency radar sounder for lava tubes detection on the moon: design, performance assessment and simulations
Conference papers
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RIME-REASON synergistic opportunities for surface and near-surface investigations of icy moons
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Exploring Europa, Jupiter’s Ocean World: A View from Earth
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Airborne radar radiometry and coastline mapping of the highly-specular subglacial terrain on Devon island
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Using Planetary Radar Sounders as Solar Observatories: Characterisation of type-III bursts with SHARAD and MARSIS
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Assessing the detectability of subsurface events beneath Europan multi-ring basins with an interferometric radar sounder: Test-simulations on a Martian crater
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The Stratton-Chu integral with a rough facet formulation for all-scale radar sounder simulations: assessment with reflectometry
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Exploitation of SHARAD data from a passive sounding perspective: a preliminary analysis
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REASON cluttergrams of Cilix Ridged Plains using a novel simulator based on a rough facet integral formulation
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Geophysical characterization opportunities in Schrödinger impact basin using Kaguya Lunar Radar Sounder and Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter
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EnVision mission to Venus: Subsurface radar sounding
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Mars as an analog to anticipate radar surface reflectivity at Europa
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Comparing the multifractal properties of Europan and Martian surfaces
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The ASI P-band helicopter-borne integrated sounder-SAR system: preliminary results of the 2018 Morocco desert campaign
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Radar sounding of Jovian icy moons: a simulation approach to active and passive sounding scenarios
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A new technique for simulating radar echoes from layered subsurface targets
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Distributed radar sounder system: a novel approach to across-track resolution enhancement and clutter reduction
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An approach to lava tube detection in radar sounder data from the Moon
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Detection of lunar lava tubes with orbiting radar sounder systems
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The time transfer and Synge world functions in relativistic global navigation satellite systems
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The time transfer function in RPS
Theses
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Advanced backscattering simulation methods for the design of spaceborne radar sounders
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Investigating the impact of β-stabilisation in JET hybrid plasmas through non-linear gyrokinetic simulations
Reports
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The European space support landscape: Insights from Central Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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Analytical solutions to the problem of position determination in the RPS framework using post-Minkowskian formalism