Rocco Pierri received aLaurea degree (summa cum laude) in electronic engineering from the University of Naples “Federico II,” Naples, Italy, in 1976. He was with the University of Naples “Federico II”. He was a Visiting Scholar with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; Northeastern University, Boston, MA Supelec, Paris, France; and the University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K. He also extensively lectured abroad in many universities and research centers. He is currently a Full Professor with the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli,” Aversa, Italy. His current research interests include antennas, phase retrieval, near-field techniques, inverse electromagnetic scattering, subsurface sensing, electromagnetic diagnostics, microwave tomography, inverse source problems and information content of radiated fields. Prof. Pierri was a recipient of the 1999 Honorable Mention for the H. A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society.