Stefano MACI is a Professor at the University of Siena (UNISI). Since 2000, he has been P.I. of 10 research projects funded by the European Union (EU) and by the European Space Agency (ESA). In 2004 he founded the European School of Antennas (ESoA), a PhD school that presently comprises 35 courses on Antennas, Propagation, and Electromagnetic Theory and 200 teachers. He has been former member of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) AdCom, the Chair of the Award Committee of the IEEE AP-S, member of the AP Executive Board of IET (UK), and Distinguish Lecturer of IEEE. He was recipient of several prizes and awards, among which the EurAAP Carrier Award 2014, the Chen-To Tai distinguished Educator award 2016, and the Shelkunoff Transaction Prize 2015. He is presently Director of ESoA, a member of the Delegate Assembly of EurAAP (European Association of Antennas and Propagation), a member of the TAB (Technical Advisory Board) of the URSI Commission. Is author of 140 papers published in international journals (among which 100 on IEEE Journals), 10 book chapters, and about 350 papers in proceedings of international conferences.