Dr. Sandro Rao received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Electronics Engineering from the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria (Italy) in 2003, 2005, and 2008, respectively. Since 2012, he has been a researcher in Electronics and Optoelectronics at the Department of DIIES. His current research interests include silicon photonics, wide-bandgap semiconductor device modeling for high-temperature and high-power applications, and optoelectronics. He has authored more than 100 articles published in international journals and conference proceedings and holds two patents.