Giacinto Gelli was born in Napoli, Italy, on July 29, 1964. He received the Dr. Eng. degree summa cum laude in electronic engineering in 1990, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science and electronic engineering in 1994, both from the University of Napoli Federico II. From 1994 to 1998, he was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Information Engineering, Second University of Napoli. Since 1998 he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Napoli Federico II, first as an Associate Professor, and since November 2006 as a Full Professor of Telecommunications. He also held teaching positions at the University Parthenope of Napoli. His research interests are in the broad area of signal and array processing for communications, with current emphasis on multicarrier modulation systems and space-time techniques for cooperative and cognitive communications systems.