CURRICULUM VITAE Marco Restano, PhD Candidate

CURRICULUM VITAE
Marco Restano, PhD Candidate
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Gender
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Citizenship:
Male
April 1st, 1983
Rome, Italy
Italian
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
Sapienza University of Rome
Sapienza University of Rome
Sapienza University of Rome
Radar Remote Sensing
Telecommunications Engineering
Telecommunications Engineering
PhD Candidate
M.S (cum laude)
B.S.
April/May 2014
2009
2006
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
My research activity is related to the implementation of Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) simulators aimed to
support the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) and the Shallow Radar
(SHARAD) data analysis. The implemented simulators allow to study both the phase distortions related to the
propagation through the ionosphere and the degradation experienced by MARSIS and SHARAD signals during the
sounding operations of the Martian crust. Starting from the obtained results, new ionosphere compensation approaches
and data selection criteria have been proposed.
AWARDS
European Microwave Association (EuMA) 3rd Prize for the papers presented at the IEEE 3rd Microwaves, Radar and
Remote Sensing Symposium (MRRS-2011), August 25-27, 2011, Kiev, Ukraine.
PUBLICATIONS
M. Restano, G. Picardi, R. Seu, "1D-FDTD Characterization of Ionosphere Influence on Ground Penetrating Radar
Data Inversion" in IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation. (accepted on Jan 1st, 2014 )
M. Restano, G. Picardi, R. Seu, "On MARSIS and SHARAD Data Selection for Mars Subsurface Exploration" in
Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. (Undergoing Review)
M. Restano, G. Picardi, R. Seu, "Subsurface Geometry Influence On Radar Returns In The Orbiting Ground Penetrating
Radar Contex" in Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), August 12-15, 2013, Stockholm,
Sweden.
M. Restano, G. Picardi, R. Seu, "Impact Of Uncompensated Ionospheric Distortions On Marsis Data" in Progress In
Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), August 12-15, 2013, Stockholm, Sweden.
M. Restano, G. Picardi, R. Seu, "Volume Scattering Influence On Marsis And Sharad Data Inversion" in Progress In
Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), August 12-15, 2013, Stockholm, Sweden.
M. Restano, M. Mastrogiuseppe, A. Masdea, G. Picardi, R. Seu, "Shallow Radar (SHARAD) Investigations Over Sinus
Meridiani" in IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 , July 22-27, 2012,
Munich, Germany.
M. Restano, A. Masdea, G. Picardi, R. Seu, "Weighting Network Influence on the Geometric Term Correction in
MARSIS Data Inversion" in IEEE 13th International Radar Symposium (IRS-2012), May 23-25, 2012, Warsaw,
Poland.
M. Restano, A. Masdea, G. Picardi, R. Seu, " Range Compression Optimization for Subsurface Investigation in the
MARSIS Experiment" in IEEE 19th International Conference on Microwave, Radar and Wireless Communications
(MIKON-2012), May 21-23, 2012, Warsaw, Poland.
M. Restano, M. Mastrogiuseppe, A. Masdea, G. Picardi, R. Seu, "Ionosphere Compensation and Stepped Frequency
Processing in the MARSIS Experiment" in IEEE 3rd Microwaves, Radar and Remote Sensing Symposium (MRRS2011), August 25-27, 2011, Kiev, Ukraine.
M. Restano, A. Masdea, G. Picardi, R. Seu, " Doppler Analysis for data inversion and image processing in the MARSIS
experiment" in IEEE 3rd Microwaves, Radar and Remote Sensing Symposium (MRRS-2011), August 25-27, 2011, Kiev,
Ukraine.
PRESENTATIONS
M. Restano, G. Picardi, R. Seu, "Recent Advances in Ionospheric Modeling for Mars Exploration using Ground
Penetrating Radars". European Geosciences Union 2013 - Vienna, 7 – 12 April 2013.
G. Picardi, F. Cassenti, A. Masdea, M. Mastrogiuseppe, M. Restano, and R. Seu, " MARSIS and SHARAD Data
Recovery for Subsurface Features Estimation". European Geosciences Union 2013 - Vienna, 7 – 12 April 2013.
M. Mastrogiuseppe, M. Restano, F. Cassenti, and R. Seu, "South Polar Layer Deposits: Loss tangent estimation by
SHARAD and MARSIS". 3rd Conference on Terrestrial Mars Analogues - Marrakech, 25 – 27 October 2012.
M. Restano, M. Mastrogiuseppe, A. Masdea, G. Picardi, and R. Seu, "Martian magnetic minerals signature detection by
Shallow Radar (SHARAD)". European Geosciences Union 2012 - Vienna, 22 – 27 April 2012.
G. Picardi, A. Masdea, M. Mastrogiuseppe, M. Restano, R. Seu, "Planetary radar data inversion techniques
improvement". European Geosciences Union 2012 - Vienna, 22 – 27 April 2012.
M. Restano, M. Mastrogiuseppe, A. Masdea, G. Picardi, R. Seu, "Image resolution enhancing in the MARSIS
experiment". European Geosciences Union 2011 - Vienna, 03 – 08 April 2011.
G. Picardi, A. Masdea, M. Restano, A. Loukas, R. Seu, M. Mastrogiuseppe, " Mars subsurface investigation by
MARSIS and SHARAD ". European Geosciences Union 2010 - Vienna, 02 – 07 May 2010
G. Picardi, A. Masdea, M. Restano, A. Loukas, R. Seu "MARSIS Scientific activity". Joint MARSIS-SHARAD Science
Team Meeting, Naples 28 April 2010
M.Restano, A. Loukas "MARSIS Data Inversion : Frame Interpretation". Joint MARSIS-SHARAD Science Team
Meeting, Rome September 2009
TECHNICAL REPORTS
G.Picardi, A. Masdea, T.Bucciarelli, M. Restano, R. Seu, " ExoMars: Dust storm attenuation in Ka Band".
DIET Dept, Sapienza University of Rome, Tech Report N 002/005/2011. Rel. 1.0. Date of issue 31/01/2011
TRAINING COURSES
ESA - Advanced Course on Radar Polarimetry. ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy on 17-21 January 2011
ESA - Advanced Course on Land Remote Sensing. Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian
University of Krakow, Poland on 12-16 September 2011.
ESA - NEST InSAR Training Course. Villa Tuscolana, Frascati, Italy on 26-27 September 2011.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Software
MATLABTM, MS Office, Adobe Photoshop.
Academic Examinations
C, Java, Envi, MS Access.
INTERESTS
Photography
I collaborate worldwide as a photographer with websites and editors.
Music
Bass and guitar player. Jazz, rock and classical music listener.