Full Professor of Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Roma “Tor Vergata” and therein co-founder and Chief Strategic Innovation Officer (CSIO) of CTIF, a cross-disciplinary center for innovative communications infrastructures and applications. She is P.I. of the 40/50 GHz communications experiment of the TDP#5 “Aldo Paraboni” payload on-board the ESA Alphasat satellite, launched in 2013.

Her major focus on research is presently on Glue Technologies for Space Systems and Space Sustainability. She has been IEEE Vice President, Technical Activities (2017), Director, Division IX (2014-2015). She is Member, IEEE Computer Society Technology Predictions Committee (2022-present). She has been appointed as Editorial Board Member of the Proceedings of the IEEE for the 2025-2027 term.

She was awarded the 1990 Piero Fanti International Prize; the 2009 Pisa Woman Award; the 2013 Excellent Women in Roma Award. She received Excellent and Best Paper Awards and the 2011 AESS Service Award. She has been IEEE Technical Expert recognized as “Impact Creator” in the area of Information and Communications Technology. She has been inducted as a Professional into the Honor Society of IEEE Eta Kappa Nu (HKN). She is author or coauthor of 360 papers, 1 patent and 13 books.