Title: Research Engineer, FEEP thruster development Place of birth: Firenze, Italy Date of birth: October 18th, 1972 Phone: +39 050 985097 Fax: +39 050 974094 E-mail: l.serafini@cpr.it
Education	February 1998 - Laurea Degree in Aerospace Engineering, University of Pisa. Graduation thesis on the thermal analysis and control of the FEEP in-orbit test, covering on-orbit analyses, FEM analyses, hardware design, test planning and execution.
Professional experience	April 1998 - Present: Centrospazio (Pisa, Italy), Reseach Engineer. FEEP System Thermal Control: planning, coordination and performing of research and test activities for the FEEP in-orbit test to be flown as an ESA-NASA Get Away Special experiment onboard the Space Shuttle. FEEP Cluster design: design of the first FEEP-based Ion Propulsion System, integration of the cluster in the ODIE small satellite.
Main interests	Spacecraft thermal control Spacecraft systems design Space mission analysis and design Composites design
Languages	Italian, mothertongue. English, excellent. French, scholastic.
Hobbies	Reading tons of books, practicing Judo, skiing, archaelogy, playing chess, soccer, videogames and my guitar.

CENTROSPAZIO
Via A. Gherardesca, 5 - 56014 Ospedaletto, Pisa, Italy
Tel: +39 050 985097 / 985072 - Fax: +39 050 974094
E-mail: centrospazio@cpr.it