Ariele Zurria is a Ph.D. student in Space and Aeronautical Engineering at Sapienza University of Rome, where he focuses on precise orbit determination of interplanetary probes for geodesy and relativity experiments. His research is primarily dedicated to the radio science experiment onboard the BepiColombo mission to Mercury and to developing advanced models for accurately computing non-gravitational accelerations.
[2022–Current] Ph.D. in Space and Aeronautical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome
[2020–2022] Master degree in Space and Astronautical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome
[2017–2020] Bachelor degree in Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome
[2022–Current] Teaching assistant for the Space Missions and Systems course in Space and Astronautical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome
[Oct. 2024–Nov. 2024] Visitor at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center