Ilaria Nasso was born in San Benedetto del Tronto (AP), Italy, in 1995. She received her Master's degree (Cum laude) in Space and Astronautical Engineering and completed her Ph.D. in remote sensing at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, in July 2020 and January 2024, respectively. Between April and September 2023, she conducted research at the Microwave Integrated Systems Laboratory of the University of Birmingham, UK. Currently, she holds the position of a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Information Engineering, Electronics, and Telecommunications at Sapienza University of Rome. Her main research interests focus on radar systems and signal processings. Main research topics include: - Monostatic and multistatic synthetic aperture radar (SAR)/ISAR systems and techniques - Bi/Multi-static radar systems - Target kinematic state estimation with multistatic radar systems - Satellite-based passive radar systems
Sapienza University
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Dept. of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications (DIET)
Best Paper Award
European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Recipient of the Best Paper Award, European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), Baden-Baden, Germany, June 2026. Optimal Higher-Order Dechirping for Extended-Spotlight SAR/ISAR Ship Imaging, by I. Nasso, F. Santi, and D. Pastina.
Second Best Student Paper Award
IEEE Radar Conference 2026, Denver, Colorado, USA
Author of the paper receiving the Second Best Student Paper Award, IEEE Radar Conference, Denver, CO, USA, May 2024. Target Shape Reconstruction from Multi-Perspective Shadows in Drone-Borne SAR Systems, by I. Nasso, F. Santi, D. Pastina, A. Bekar, M. Antoniou, and C. Gilliam.
Best Student Paper Award
2022 IET Radar Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Author of the paper receiving the Best Student Paper Award, IET Radar Conference, Edinburgh, U.K., October 2022. A Centralized Approach for Ship Target Detection and Localization With Multi-Transmitters GNSS-Based Passive Radar, by I. Nasso and F. Santi.
Young Scientist Award
International Radar Symposium 2021, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Author of the paper receiving the Best Student Paper Award, International Radar Symposium, June 2021. Ship Target Velocity Estimation With Multi-Transmitter GNSS-Based Passive Radar Exploiting Long Integration Times, by I. Nasso, F. Santi, and D. Pastina.
Post Doctoral Researcher
Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
23 Jan 2024 - present
PhD student
Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
01 Nov 2020 - 23 Jan 2024
Visiting PhD student
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
01 Apr 2023 - 30 Sep 2023