Paolo Pampaloni, (degree in electronic engineering University of Bologna, Italy, 1964) was first involved in radioastronomy and solar physics, Since 1980 his research deals with active and passive microwave remote sensing of the environment and in particular with the study of microwave emission and scattering from natural media. He has published over 150 papers on international journal and conference proceedings and has edited three books with VSP Press.
Dr. Pampaloni received the IEEE GRSS Distinguished Achievements Award in 2004. He has served as General Chairman of the 2nd and 6th Specialist Meetings on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing (Florence 1988 and 1999). He was the General Chairman of the 15th International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS’95) and was Guest Editor of the Special IGARSS’95 Issue of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING. Since 1994 he has been frequently involved in the TPC of IGARSS and PIERS. In addition, he has been Session Chairman and Organizer, as well as member of the technical program committees for numerous international conferences. He is an Associate Editor of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING. He is Fellow of IEEE, the National Official Member of URSI Commission F (Wave Propagation and Remote Sensing), Fellow of Electromagnetic Academy (USA), President of the Microwave Remote Sensing Center, and Past Chairman of the IEEE Italy Section.