Prof. Giuliano Manara is currently a professor with the Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. Since 1980, he has been collaborating with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, where he was involved in research with the ElectroScience Laboratory, Columbus, in 1987. His contributions include uniform geometrical theory of diffraction and its applications. His research interests include the asymptotic solution of radiation and scattering problems to improve and extend the uniform geometrical theory of diffraction. He has also been engaged in research on numerical, analytical, and hybrid techniques (frequency and time domains); scattering from rough surfaces; frequency-selective surfaces; and electromagnetic compatibility. More recently, his research has also been focused on the design of microwave antennas with application to broadband wireless networks, on the development and testing of new microwave materials (metamaterials), and the analysis of antennas and propagation problems for radio frequency identification systems. Prof. Manara was elected the Vice Chair of the International Commission B “Fields and Waves” of URSI (International Radio Science Union) in August 2008. He served as the International Chair for URSI Commission B for the triennium from 2011 to 2014. He was elected a URSI Fellow in 2017. Since 2021, he has been serving as the Vice President for URSI.