People

Salvo Marcuccio
Lab Director

Associate Professor. PhD 1996, Aerospace Propulsion. More than 30 years experience in space R&D. Main research interests: small satellites, micropropulsion, stratospheric platforms. Courses taught at MSSE: Fundamentals of Spacecraft Technology; Space Systems.

Matteo Gemignani
Research Manager

PhD Student in Space Science and Technology National Doctoral Programme. MSc cum Laude in Aerospace Engineering, 2019. Research interests: innovative small platforms for space applications such as cubesats, small satellites and high-altitude balloons. Other fields of interest are electronics for space applications and solar cells. He has performed sounding balloons mission and zero pressure balloon mission collaborating with space agencies since 2018. 

Irene Marsili
Research Manager

PhD Student Space Science and Technology National Doctoral Programme. MsC cum laude in Aerospace Engineering, 2023. Research Interest: High-altitude platforms for space hardware testing and qualification. Attitude control systems for stratospheric platforms and cubesats. 

Alessandro Filippeschi
Research Assistant

 MsC Student in Space Engineering, UniPi.  

Simone D'Amico
Research Assistant

MsC  student in Space Engineering, UniPi.

Mariz Dief
Research Assistant

MsC  student in Space Engineering, UniPi.