Roberto La Rosa received a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Palermo and was conferred a PhD from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne where he authored a thesis on strategies and techniques for powering wireless sensor nodes through energy harvesting and wireless power transfer. Since Joining STMicroelectronics in 1997, he has held a variety of assignments, including the design of high-frequency PLLs for clock generation and recovery, fiber-optic transceiver and system design, power management ICs, and analog, digital and mixed-signal bipolar and CMOS circuit development projects. He currently is a Research Senior Staff Member at STMicroelectronics Catania. His current research interests include Ultra-Low Power applications, Wireless Power Transfer, Energy Harvesting, and very high-frequency power conversion. Dr. La Rosa holds several patents and has published papers on advanced strategies and techniques for powering wireless sensor nodes through energy harvesting and wireless power transfer.