Research Interests: Planetary Radar Sounding Passive Radar Sounding, Computational Electromagnetics, Diffraction Theory
About
I am a physicist specialising in electromagnetic wave propagation and planetary radar sounder technology. In 2024 I founded Brabants Radars, an engineering company that provides simulation tools for radars as well as expert advice in radar sounder design. Prior to that, I was a researcher at the University of Texas at Austin Institute for Geophysics (USA), where I worked on the physics of backscattering from rough surfaces and subsurfaces; and where I participated in the pre-launch efforts of the NASA probe Europa Clipper as a mission affiliate and member of the REASON (Radar for Europa Assessmeent and Sounding: Ocean to Near-surface) science team. I obtained my Master's degree in Physics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) and my Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Trento (Italy). In Italy, I was a part of the scientific team of RIME (Radar for Icy Moons Exploration), an instrument of the European Space Agency's upcoming L-class mission to the Jupiter system, JUICE. I also had a brief time as a consultant in the space sector, where I was involved in several innovation or market strategy studies for institutional actors such as the EU or NATO.
