Luca Merucci received the Laurea degree in physics from the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy, in 1991, and the Ph.D. degree in earth system sciences from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, in 2015. He has been a Researcher with the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Rome, Italy, since 1999. He is and has been actively involved in international and national scientific projects (ongoing projects are EC funded H2020 EVER-EST and FP7-APhoRISM) as a Leader or a Key Person in several work packages. In addition to the scientific and coordination activities, he is involved in the monitoring service for the volcanic and seismic surveillance of the Italian territory that INGV carries out on behalf of the Italian Civil Protection Department. He has co-authored more than 25 articles on international peer-reviewed journals and more than 80 presentations and proceedings at geophysics and volcanology international conferences. His research interests include remote sensing applied to volcanology, radiative transfer and estimation of atmospheric parameters, retrieval of SO2 and ash in volcanic clouds, surface temperature, and spectral emissivity from passive remote sensing data.