Awards & Grants
Awards & Recognitions
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IEEE ComSoc Communications Theory Technical Committee Early Achievement Award, 2023
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IEEE Globecom'22 Best Paper Award, 2022
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Connecting the World from the Skies Forum Runner-up Paper Award, 2022
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IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Distinguished Lecturer 2021–present
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IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer 2021–present
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“Ramón y Cajal” Fellow, 2021–present
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IEEE PIMRC'19 Best Paper Award, 2019
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IEEE Senior Member, 2019
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IEEE ComSoc Outstanding Young Researcher Award for Europe, Middle East, and Africa, 2018
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“la Caixa” Junior Leader Fellow, 2018–2021
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Exemplary Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2017 & 2018
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Nokia Bell Labs Ireland Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, 2017
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Runner-up in IEEE Australia Council Student Paper Contest, 2013
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Postdoctoral Writing Fellowship, UNSW, 2013
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Research Grant to visit UT Austin, CSIRO, 2013
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Practicum Exchange Program Scholarship to visit UT Austin, UNSW, 2013
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Best Poster Award at IEEE Technologies of the Future NSW, Australia, 2011
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Travel Grant to attend ISWCS conference in Germany, UNSW, 2011
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Ph.D. top-up scholarship, CSIRO ICT, 2010–2013
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International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Australian Government, 2010–2013
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Best M.Sc. Thesis Award from Milan Academy of Sciences and Arts, Italy, 2009
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Exchange Scholarship to visit UNSW, Politecnico di Milano, 2008
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Special mention for an outstanding B.Sc. academic career, Università di Palermo, Italy, 2005
Selected Grants
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Ayuda de Consolidación Investigadora CNS2023-145384 “INTENSE” on “Integration of Terrestrial and Non-terrestrial Networks for Aerial Services” (2024–2026), Principal Investigator.
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MINECO Project PID2021-123999OB-I00 “INTERTWINE” on “Integrated Non-terrestrial Wireless Networks” (2022–2024), Principal Investigator.
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Ayudas Ramón y Cajal on “Tecnologías de la información y de las comunicaciones” (2021–2026), Principal Investigator.
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H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020 “META WIRELESS” on “Future Wireless Communications Empowered by Reconfigurable Intelligent Meta-Materials” (2020–2024), Co-Beneficiary.
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MINECO Project RTI2018-101040-A-I00 “WiND” on “Wireless Networks for Drones” (2019–2022), Principal Investigator.
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“la Caixa” Banking Foundation Junior Leader Fellowship on “Cellular Networks for Drone Communications” (2018–2021), Principal Investigator.
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H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018 “PAINLESS” on “Energy-Autonomous Portable Access Points for Infrastructureless Networks” (2018–2022), Beneficiary.