Marco Pasian

Marco Pasian (Senior Member, IEEE) was born in 1980. He received the M.Sc. degree (cum laude) in electronic engineering and the Ph.D. degree in electronics and computer science from the University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, in 2005 and 2009, respectively. From 2004 to 2008, he spent periods with the European Space Agency, Darmstadt, Germany, Carlo Gavazzi Space, Milan, Italy, and TNO, Defense, Security and Safety, The Hague, The Netherlands. From 2009 to 2013, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Microwave Laboratory, University of Pavia, where he was an Assistant Professor from 2013 to 2020 and has been an Associate Professor since 2020. He has been Principal Investigator, or Unit Coordinator, for several competitive European and Italian grants. In addition, he has also been Project Manager, Scientific Manager, or Consultant for several projects in collaborations with European and Italian research centers and industries, including the European Space Agency. His research interests include microwave and millimeter wave components, systems, and technologies, including substrate integrated waveguides, for space applications and investigation of complex, nonstandard media, most notably for biomedical imaging, and cryosphere monitoring. Prof. Pasian is a Member of the European Microwave Association and Italian Society on Electromagnetism. He was the Technical Program Committee (TPC) Chair with the European Microwave Conference 2022, and was the TPC Co-Chair, TPC member, Conference Prize Committee Chair, and Finance Chair for other IEEE and EuMA Conferences. He is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology and the Editor-in-Chief of the EuMA International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies.