List of Young Scientist Award - PIERS 2019 Rome

The PIERS 2019 Rome Young Scientist Program Committee are pleased to announce that the following 15 young scientists have been selected as the recipients of the PIERS 2019 Rome Young Scientist Award (YSA).

SC1: CEM, EMC, Scattering & EM Theory

• Walter Fuscaldo, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
  Paper Title: New Beamwidth Formulas for 1-D Leaky-wave Antennas: A Review
• Giuseppe Labate, Politecnico di Torino, and also with Wave up - Innovation in Electromagnetics, Italy
  Paper Title: 2D Non-radiating Sources in Mie Scattering and Inverse Problems
• Mathias Magdowski, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Germany
  Paper Title: Transient Simulation of the Pulse Excitation of Transmission Line Networks with Linear and Nonlinear Loads in Reverberation Chambers
  

SC2: Metamaterials, Plasmonics and Complex Media

• Tiago A. Morgado, Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Coimbra, Portugal
  Paper Title: Drift-induced Nonreciprocal Graphene Plasmonics
• Davide Ramaccia, ``Roma Tre'' University, Italy
  Paper Title: Non-reciprocity and Doppler Effect Control by Using Time-varying Metamaterials and Metasurfaces
• Fei Ding, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
  Paper Title: Gap-surface Plasmon Metasurfaces for Structured Beams Generation
  

SC3: Optics and Photonics

• Dawn T. H. Tan, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
  Paper Title: Kerr Nonlinear Optical Signal Processing in Ultra-silicon-rich Nitride-based Devices
• Jonathan Klamkin, University of California, USA
  Paper Title: Beamforming with Photonic Integrated Circuits for Millimeter Wave Communications and Phased Arrays
• Anna Chiara De Luca, Institute of Protein Biochemistry (IBP), National Research Council of Italy, Italy
  Paper Title: Raman Spectroscopy for Biomedical Applications: From Label-free Cancer Cell Sorting To Imaging
  

SC4: Antennas and Microwave Technologies

• Santi Concetto Pavone, University of Siena, Italy
  Paper Title: Design of a Wireless Link at Microwaves in the Radiative Near-field by Using RLSA Bessel Beam Launchers
• Davide Comite, ``Sapienza'' University of Rome, Italy
  Paper Title: Multi-fed 2-D Leaky-wave Antennas: Beam Steering and Polarization Reconfigurability
• Laura Farina, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
  Paper Title: Microwave Ablation Antenna for Functional Adenomas in the Adrenal Gland

SC5: Remote Sensing, Inverse Problems, Imaging, Radar& Sensing

• Ilya V. Korogodin, National Research University "Moscow Power Engineering Institute", Russia
  Paper Title: Triangulation Positioning by Means of Wi-Fi Signals in Indoor Conditions
• Zdenek Pilat, Institute of Scientific Instruments of the CAS, Czech Republic
  Paper Title: Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in Microfluidic Chips for Directed Evolution of Enzymes and Environmental Monitoring
• Lindsay M. Parker, Macquarie University, Australia
  Paper Title: Utilising Glycobiology for Fluorescent Nanodiamond Uptake and Imaging in the Central Nervous System
  
  

Each awardee will receive a certificate, a free ticket for the Symposium Banquet, and a cash award of USD 100.   Contact PIERS OFFICE: office@piers.org