University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Brief info
Marina Ruggieri is Full Professor of Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Roma “Tor Vergata” and therein co-founder and Chief Strategic Innovation Officer (CSIO) of CTIF, a cross-disciplinary center for innovative communications infrastructures and applications.
She is P.I. of the 40/50 GHz communications experiment of the TDP#5 “Aldo Paraboni” payload on-board the ESA Alphasat satellite, launched in 2013. Her major focus on research is presently on Glue Technologies for Space Systems and Space Sustainability.
She has been IEEE Vice President, Technical Activities (2017). She is Member, IEEE Computer Society Technology Predictions Committee (2022-present). Within the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS), she is founding member of the Technical Panel on Glue Technologies for Space Systems, Member-at-Large of the Board of Governors, Technical Operations Committee Member. She has been President of AESS (2010-2011) and Editor for Space Systems of the IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (2001-2015). She is AESS Distinguished Lecturer (2023-2024) on “Space Sustainability”.
She was awarded the 1990 Piero Fanti International Prize; the 2009 Pisa Woman Award; the 2013 Excellent Women in Roma Award. She received Excellent and Best Paper Awards and the 2011 AESS Service Award. She has been IEEE Technical Expert recognized as “Impact Creator” in the area of Information and Communications Technology. She has been inducted as a Professional into the Honor Society of IEEE Eta Kappa Nu (HKN). Since 2014 she is IEEE Fellow (for contributions to millimeter-wave satellite communications).
She is author/coauthor of 360+ papers, 1 patent and 13 books.