Emeritus Professor of Telecommunications. His research activities have been devoted to Synthetic Aperture Radar, seismic signal processing, digital systems for telecommunications and bioengineering. Honorary Member: SEG, EAGE.
Awards: Honeywell 1979, 1995 Italgas for Telecommunications, 1999 Rhein Foundation (FRG) Technologies for motion compensated television coders.
Doctorate Degree Honoris Causa (2001) in Geophysics from the Institut Polytechnique de Lorraine, Nancy. Desiderius Erasmus Award, EAGE 2009. Eni Award 2012. Chinese Government International Science and Technology Cooperation Award 2013. Commemorative Medal for the 70th Anniversary of the People Republic of China (2009) for the remarkable cooperation with Chinese scientists.