Biography

Mauro Leonardi was born in 1974, in Rome, Laurea cum laude in Electronic Engineering (May 2000) at Tor Vergata University in Rome. PhD in October 2003, focusing his work on Target Tracking and Air Traffic Control and Navigation.
He is Assistant Professor at Tor Vergata University in Rome where he teaches “Satellite Navigation and Surveillance system” and “Fundamental of Radar and Localization”.
He has been also an Adjunct professor in the Academy of the Italian Finance Police (Accademia della Guardia di Finanza), teaching Radar Fundamental and Navigation in the course "Radar and RadioTecniques" till 2015.

His main research activities are focused on: Radar, Air Traffic Control, Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (ASMGCS), Satellite Navigation, Integrity and Signal Analysis, New surveillance system for ATC (such as Multilateration and ADS-B), positioning and Localization algorithms, Security.
Regarding methodology, many activities involve research on: analysis and signal processing (super-resolution techniques, estimation, interferences), estimation theory, statistical models simulation, fingerprinting and pattern recognition.
He was evolved in various research project, e.g.: Lunar Satellite Navigation System (TAS-I,2021), Jamming/Garbling detection and mitigation for 1090ES (Armasuisse 2019), Location competition (Armasussie 2018), SISAG (Regione Lazio, 2012), Ganimede (Regione Lazio 2011), HABITAT (Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale 2011-2015), INFOSAT (Italina Space Agency, 2007- 2008), Galileo Test Range (Regione Lazio 2006-2007), Egnos to Galileo (Italian Space Agency, 2005-2006), NASIA (Italian Space Agency, 2005), Fast prototyping (ENAV).
He is a reviewer for various Journal and conference, e.g.: IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IET Radar Sonar and Navigationm, Aerospace European Microwave Week etc.
He is author/co-author of over than 50 papers, two patent and many technical reports.