Ruggero Casacchia is a senior technologist at CNR, International Relations Office. He has developed experience (research and education) in Planetary Geology, Optical Remote Sensing and Polar Environments. Major field of interest are deployment of satellite sensors for environmental applications, field surveys for CAL/VAL operations, field spectro-radiometric and remote sensing investigations of snow/ice surfaces in polar regions. He has been appointed as:
Head of the Polar Unit of CNR-Dept. Earth and Environment (DTA).
Head of the Secretariat of the planning and coordination of the technical-scientific activity of DTA.
Head of the project “Integrated Infrastructure for Earth Observation from aerial platform”
President of the Italian Association of Remote Sensing (2002-2010).
Referee of national and international scientific journals.
Author of more than 150 technical and scientific papers.
He was adjunct professor on Remote Sensing at the Department of Geological Sciences of the University of Roma Tre, from Academic Year 2001/2002 to Academic Year 2006/2007.
Adjunct Professor of Remote Sensing for the module as part of the Master Course in Remote Sensing and GIS for geo-environmental planning from 2002 to 2006.
Member of the steering board of the Foresight Project of CNR.
One the first planetary geologists in Italy. Having introduced field spectro-radiometry to study the physical structure of snow cover.
Family life. My students always found a job.