Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics
University of Siena, Via Roma, 56 - 53100 Siena (Italy)
Tel: +39 0577 234850 EXT 1033
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Personal Data
Born in Riolunato (Modena)– Italy on 01 November 1952.
Education
Master Degree in Electronic Engineering (Honors) - Università di Firenze: 06 April 1978;
Fellowship (C.C.R. Ispra – Varese): November1978– September 1981.
Academic Positions
Full Professor of Electronics –Engineering School– Università di Siena: 01 March 2001- present;
Associated Professor of Electronics –Engineering School – Università di Siena (Italy): 01 November 1993 – 28 February 2001;
Associated Professor of Electronics –Engineering School – Università di Perugia (Italy): 01 November 1992 - 31 October 1993;
Assistant Professor of Electronics – Engineering School – Università di Firenze (Italy): 24 September 1981 - 31 October 1992.
Academic Teaching activities
1980 – 1992 Laboratory Assistant, lecturer at Engineering School– Università di Firenze on courses of Electronics and Applied Electronics
1992 – 1994 Teacher of Microelectronics at Engineering School - Università di Perugia
1992 – 1993 Temporary Teacher of Image and Signal processing Electronics at Engineering School – Università di Firenze.
1993 – present Teacher of courses on Electronics at Engineering School - Università di Siena.
1980 – present Tutor of PhD and postdoc students and Supervisor of more than 60 Bachelor and Master degree thesis in the areas of electronics systems based on piezoelectrical sensors (for ultrasonic applications in medical diagnosis, non-destructive testing and robotics), on optical and chemical sensors and application specific processing hardware
Professional and organizing scientific activities
Member of the Scientific Committee of different national and international Conferences on the areas of sensor based electronic systems
Reviewer of the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement and IEEE Transactions on Circuit and Systems, IEEE Sensors Journal
2003-present Reviewer of National Research Projects.
1977- 2003 President of the Engineering School Library Scientific Committee at the Università di Siena
2001-2004 Member of Scientific Committee of the Siena University Research Plan (Piano di Ateneo per la Ricerca - PAR)
2001-2003 Coordinator of the Teaching National Project (CAMPUS ONE) for the Bachelor Course on Ingegneria Informatica of Università - Siena
2003-2004 External Reviewer (Team Leader) of CAMPUS ONE Laurea Courses
2006-2008 Coordinator of the University Siena partnership inside European Leonardo Project “Formamentis”
2007-2011 Member of Academic Senate of University of Siena as chosen member of Experimental Sciences Area
2008-2012 Head of Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione
2013-2015 Head of Dipartimento (L. 240/2010) di Ingegneria dell'Informazione e Scienze Matematiche
2013-2015 Member of Academic Senate of University of Siena as chosen member of Experimental Sciences Area Research activity
1980-1992 Design and development of ultrasonic sensor/actuators. Design and development of front-end and processing electronic systems for ultrasonic applications in medical diagnosis, non-destructive testing and robotics
1993-present - Design and development of electronic systems based on chemical, bio-chemical, optical and piezoelectrical sensors. Study and development of integrated circuits for cryptographic applications.
