Team

Mauro Ettorre

Mauro Ettorre received a Laurea degree “summa cum laude” in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. degree in Electromagnetics from the University of Siena, Italy, in 2004 and 2008, respectively. Part of his Ph.D. work was developed at the TNO, Netherlands. Since 2023, he has been a Professor at Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA. Previously, he was a Research Scientist at CNRS, IETR laboratory, France. From 2014 to 2020, he co-led the multi-beam antenna activity for satellite applications in the joint laboratory between IETR and Thales Alenia Space in France. From 2016 to 2021, he was a member of the French National Committee for Scientific Research (CNRS), France. From 2016 until 2021, he led the mm and sub-mm waves team at IETR, and co-chaired from 2021 until 2023 the department ADH (Antennas and Microwave Devices Department) at IETR.

Dr. Ettorre’s research interests include the analysis and design of quasi-optical systems, periodic structures, wideband arrays, millimeter-wave antennas, non-diffractive radiation, and localized waves. He has authored over 90 journal papers and 210 conference communications and holds 14 patents (2 licensed) on millimeter-wave antenna technology. Dr. Ettorre is a Fellow of IEEE. Since 2017 and 2023, he has served as Associate Editor and Track Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, respectively. Dr. Ettorre is the 2024 IEEE MTT-S and AP-S Inter-Society Distinguished Lecturer.

The research activities of Dr. Ettorre have been recognized with several prizes, including the 2009 French Ministry of Research award for the most innovative project in all natural sciences, the Young Investigator Award from the French National Research Agency in 2014, the Innovation Award at the 2018 ESA Antenna Workshop in the Netherlands, the Best Paper Award in Electromagnetics and Antenna Theory at EuCAP 2018, UK, the Best Antennas Paper Award at EuCAP 2021, Germany and Best Paper Award at the iWAT 2023, Denmark.

Current Members

Woohyung Jeon

Woohyung Jeon received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, in 2012 and 2014. From 2014 to 2016, he worked as an Engineer at Samsung Electronics in Hwaseong, Korea. From 2016 to 2023, he was an Associate Research Fellow at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA). Woohyung joined Professor Ettorre's group in 2023, and his research interests include long slot arrays and high-power microwaves.

Luca Del Biondo

Luca Del Biondo received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electronics Engineering from Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy, in 2020 and 2023, respectively. Luca has been part of Professor Ettorre's group since August 2023, and his research interests include connected arrays and non-diffractive radiation.

Michael Dittman

Michael received his BS degrees in Physics, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science at Michigan State University in 2022 and 2023. From 2020 to 2021, he worked with the Materials & Devices group and the Nanoelectronics and Plasma Theory group (NanoPATh) studying Ultra-Wide Bandgap Semiconductors (UWBGs) and the Multipactor phenomena respectively. He joined the Beam Instrumentation and Measurement group at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) in 2021, designing analog electronics and programming software control systems for diagnostic and detector systems. In 2022, he joined Fraunhofer USA Inc., investigating heterojunctions and Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs). Since 2023, he has been a PhD student in the EMRG under the supervision of Dr. Mauro Ettorre and Dr. John Papapolymerou. His interests are broadly in antennas, RF electronics, analog electronics, solid-state physics, nuclear and particle physics, and detector systems.

Ethan Neitzke

Ethan Neitzke received his B.S in Mechanical Engineering, B.S. in Physics, B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University in 2022, 2021, 2021, and 2024. In 2024, he was an Engineer at Stanley Consultants in Jackson Michigan working on substation design. In 2024, Ethan joined Dr. Ettorre's research group at Michigan State University; his research interests include high-power microwaves, quasi-optical systems, metamaterial surfaces, leaky-wave antennas, plasma physics, thin films, RF electronics, and diamond semiconductors.

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Konstantinos Paschaloudis, Jan. 2022 – Sept. 2024.
Ahmed Alwakil, May 2020 – Dec. 2022.
Adham Mahmoud, March 2021 – May 2023.
Thomas Strober, Jan. 2021 – July 2021.
Nicola Bartolomei, May 2016 – Feb. 2020.
Thomas Potelon, Dec. 2017 – Jan. 2020.
Ioannis Iliopoulos, Dec. 2017 – Aug. 2018.
Mohsen Koohestani, Oct. 2014 – May 2017.
Maciej Śmierzchalski, Feb. 2014 – Sept. 2016.
Tao Yang, Sept. 2011 – Sept. 2012.
Ahmed Ali, Jan. 2011 – Apr. 2012.

Past Visiting Ph.D. Students

Freysteinn Viðar Viðarsson; Graduate students, KTH, Sweden (Sept. 2023 – Dec 2023).
Kamil Kyavuz, Ghent University, Belgium (Jan. 2022 – May 2022) .
Daniel Serup, Aalborg University, Denmark (Jan. 2022 – May 2022) .
Santi C. Pavone, Graduate Student, University of Siena, Italy (Jan. 2015 – Jul. 2015).

Alumni

Leonin Lassauce (Ph.D. 2024, RF engineer, Planexus, France).
Christos Monochristou (Ph.D. 2024, Post-Doc fellow, University of Rennes, France).
Mattia Maggi (Ph.D. 2023, RF engineer, Leonardo, Italy).
Luan Vu Thanh (Ph.D. 2022, RF engineer, Technicolor, France).
Nicolas Attaja (Ph.D. 2022, Antenna engineer, MC2-Technologies, France).
Srdjan Pakovic (Ph.D. 2021).
Adham Mahmoud (Ph.D. 2021, Antenna engineer, Greneerwave, France).
Michele De Mastro (Ph.D. 2020, Antenna engineer, Anywaves, France).
Thomas Strober (Ph.D. 2020, Antenna engineer, Airbus, Germany).
Antoine Calleau (Ph.D. 2019, RF engineer, SWISSto12, Switzerland).
Ioannis Iliopoulos (Ph.D. 2017, Research scientist, TNO, Netherlands).
Francesco Foglia Manzillo (Ph.D. 2017, Research scientist, CEA-LETI, France).
Thomas Potelon (Ph.D. 2017, Research scientist, DGA, France).
Walter Fuscaldo (Ph.D. 2017, Research scientist, CNR, Italy).
Francesco Scattone (Ph.D. 2015, RF engineer, Elettronica Group, Italy).
Karim Tekkouk (Ph.D. 2014, Antenna engineer, Thales, France).
Erio Gandini (Ph.D. 2012, Antenna engineer, European Space Agency (ESA-ESTEC), Netherlands).

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