Francesco Romano

Expertise Gyrotrons, Non-Neutral Plasma, Electric Space Propulsion, Helicon Plasma Thrusters, Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion Current Work The TRapped Electrons eXperiment - T-REX Born in Sassari and grew up in Udine, I studied Aerospace Engineering for Bachelor, Master in Italy and I've earned my Ph.D. in Germany. I also graduated in organ and organ composition at the conservatory in Italy. I Love space, science, music (piano, organ, classical, classic rock), endurance and uphill cycling, classic sport cars, LEGO and Star Wars!  Education Aerospace Engineering Sciences | Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion and Helicon Plasma Thrusters 2021 – 2021 University of Stuttgart, Germany Directed by Design, build, integrate, test a novel helicon plasma thruster Aerospace Engineering | 2014 – 2014 University of Padua, Italy Organ and Organ Composition | Professional concert organist 2013 – 2013 Conservatory of Rovigo, Italy Aerospace Engineering | 2011 – 2011 University of Padua, Italy Professionals experiences Research Associate EU H2020 DISCOVERER  2014–2021 Institute of Space Systems (IRS), University of Stuttgart, Germany ResearchCurrent Research Fields Non-neutral plasma, electron plasma, gyrotrons T-REX: TRapped Electron eXperiment Novel experiment re-creating the first part of a gyrotron's electron gun to study electron-cloud physics. Nonneutral plasmas. Awards Prize "Freunde der Universität Stuttgart" Best Master Thesis of the Aerospace Engineering Faculty of the University of Stuttgart Freunde der Universität Stuttgart 2015 3-year Doctoral Scholarship Landesgraduiertenförderung, University of Stuttgart 2015