Dr. Italo Toselli

Dr. Italo Toselli is a senior scientist on atmospheric and oceanic optics. He holds an M.Sc. in Electronics Engineering from La Sapienza University (Italy) (2002), a postgraduate Master’s in Information Technology from Cefriel-Politecnico di Milano (Italy) (2002), and a Ph.D. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Politecnico di Torino (Italy) (2008). Prior to pursuing his doctoral studies, Dr. Toselli served as an officer in the Italian Navy (he is a licensed Captain).

During his Ph.D., Dr. Toselli spent over two years at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, collaborating with Professors Larry C. Andrews and Ronald L. Phillips. From January 2010 to October 2011, he was awarded a National Research Council (NRC) postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. He also held an ERCIM Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship at Fraunhofer IOSB, Germany, from September 2013 to May 2014.

From June 2014 to May 2017, Dr. Toselli served as a researcher at the Department of Physics at the University of Miami, Florida. In September 2017, he rejoined Fraunhofer IOSB as a senior scientist, a position he will hold until the end of 2024.

With more than 20 years of research experience, Dr. Toselli has co-authored numerous journal and conference papers, many as first author, on the topic of laser beam propagation through random media. He is an active reviewer for leading journals in optics and atmospheric propagation and has been an invited speaker at prominent conferences organized by SPIE and OSA. As a Senior Member of both Optica and SPIE, Dr. Toselli also participates in the committees of several major conferences in his field.