Lucrezia Ricciardulli (L.R.) is currently a senior scientist at Remote Sensing Systems. She graduated with a Laurea (Master) degree in Physics in 1993, and a Ph.D. in Physics in 1998, both from the University of L’Aquila, Italy. Between 1998-2001 she held post-doc and research assistant positions at NCAR and NOAA/CIRES/University of Colorado in Boulder. She has been at Remote Sensing Systems since 2001. L.R.’s current research interests include microwave remote sensing, scatterometers, wind validation/calibration, tropical cyclones, climate data records, satellite intercalibration, and analysis of climate variability. Her past research experience includes modeling of atmospheric dynamics and chemistry. She is a member of the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union, and participated in the following NASA Science teams: Ocean Vector Wind, the ISS-RapidScat Science and Cal/Val, SMAP, and CYGNSS. In 2015, she received a NASA Group Achievement Award as a member of the ISS-RapidScat Science processing team.