SIMONE Marco received the master’s degree in electronic engineering and the Ph.D. degree in electronic and computer engineering from the University of Cagliari, Italy, in 2011 and in 2016, respectively. He was a visiting Ph.D. student with the Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), London, U.K., in 2015, where he was a Postdoctoral Research Assistant with the Antennas & Electromagnetics Research Group, in 2016 and 2017. Since 2017, he has been an Associate Researcher with the Laboratory of Applied Electromagnetics, University of Cagliari. His research interests include optimization techniques applied to electromagnetics problems, microwave components design for radioastronomy applications, and antenna design.