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Andrea Alimenti (andrea.alimenti@uniroma3.it) is a Postdoctoral
Researcher in the Department of Engineering at Roma
Tre University in Rome, Italy. From the same university he received
his B. Sci. and M. Sci degrees in electronic engineering
in 2014 and 2017, respectively, and he earned the Ph.D. degree
in applied electronics in 2021. His main research interest is the
development of microwave measurement techniques for the
characterization and the study of dielectrics, conductors and
superconductors.
Nicola Pompeo (nicola.pompeo@uniroma3.it) is Assistant
Professor in Physics in the Department of Industrial, Electrical
and Mechanical Engineering at the Roma Tre University,
Rome, Italy. He earned his M. Sci. degree in electronic engineering
in 1998 and, after some years as a systems engineer in
the industry, he earned a Ph.D. degree in physics in 2006. His
research deals mainly with the theory and the experimental
study of the high frequency electrodynamics of superconductors,
including the design, realization and optimization of
systems for the surface impedance measurement.
Kostiantyn Torokhtii (kostiantyn.torokhtii@uniroma3.it) is
a Technical Researcher in the Department of Engineering at
the Roma Tre University, Italy. He received the M.Sci. degree
in cryogenic technique and technology in 2007 from the National
Technical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine, and a Ph.D.
degree in Biomedical Electronics, Electromagnetism and Telecommunication
in 2013 from the Roma Tre University, Rome,
Italy. His research interests include microwave measurement
techniques and their applications, surface impedance measurements,
the study of complex superconducting structures
and unconventional superconductors.
Enrico Silva (enrico.silva@uniroma3.it) is Full Professor of
Electrical and Electronic Measurements in the Department
of Industrial, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at Roma
Tre University in Rome, Italy. He received his M. Sci. degree in
physics in 1990 and Ph.D. degree in applied electromagnetism
in 1994 from University " La Sapienza, " Rome, Italy. He is a is
member of the IEEE Council on Superconductivity AdCom.
His research interests include the development of novel or improved
microwave methods in difficult environment, such as
the study of superconductors.
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