Germano Bianchi

Germano Bianchi is an engineer working at the Radio Astronomy Institute – National Institute for Astro Physics (IRA-INAF). He is in charge of the Northern Cross radio telescope, one of the largest transit antennas in the world, located at Medicina (Italy). He also manages the Italian sensor BIRALES (BIstatic RAdar for LEo Survey) and he is currently involved in the technological development of radar architectures for the monitoring of space debris and orbiting objects. He is the chair of the Italian Technical Operating Committee of the European SST (Space Surveillance and Tracking) Consortium and he is the Italian delegate for the IADC (Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee). Currently his list of publications includes over 80 proceedings and articles presented at congresses or published in international journals.