(Member, IEEE) was born in Turin, Italy, in 1977. He received the degree in electronic engineering (summa cum laude) and the Ph.D. degree in electronics and communication Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino, Italy, in November 2001 and 2006, respectively. He is currently a Researcher at the Istituto di Elettronica e di Ingegneria Informatica e delle Telecomunicazioni (IEIIT), Italian National Research Council (CNR). He joined IEIIT as a Research Assistant in 2002. He coordinated more than 15 scientific projects funded by both the industry and other scientific research organizations and joined more than 30 research projects as a collaborator. He authored 43 journal papers, 134 conference papers, and 3 European patents. His activities concern the design, numerical analysis, and characterization of microwave and millimeter waveguide passive components for feed systems and radiometers, antenna arrays, frequency selective surfaces, compensated dielectric radomes, and industrial sensing applications.