RF Testing Innovations Forum: Elevate your RF Expertise

Markus Lörner is a Market Segment Manager at Rohde & Schwarz focusing on the RF and Microwave Component market looking at the test requirements today and tomorrow. Markus has 25 years plus experience in the test & measurement industry. Before moving into the market segment role, Markus worked as a product manager for signal generators and power meters at Rohde & Schwarz where he was looking at different application areas including the mobile industry, positioning, satellite and EW applications. He received his Dipl.-Ing. degree from the University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

Thorsten Lück is Senior Project Manager for high‑end vector network analyzers at Rohde & Schwarz (since 2018). He leads product development and systems engineering for precision VNA instruments, with emphasis on instrument architecture, S‑parameter metrology, calibration, uncertainty quantification, and measurement automation. He collaborates with academic and industrial partners to translate measurement science into deployable solutions. Earlier he spent nearly 20 years in satellite navigation, developing a Galileo test receiver and leading an ESA‑funded signal‑integrity testbed.

Chiara Villante is Product Manager for High-End Vector Network Analyzers at Rohde & Schwarz. With a background in telecommunications systems, she has built broad experience in wireless and mobile communications, base station networks, and PCB technologies for RF boards.

In her current role, she focuses on high-end RF and microwave test solutions, particularly on vector network analyzer applications for demanding measurements and customer requirements. She holds a Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Turin (Italy).

Florian Ramian is a Development Engineer at Rohde&Schwarz, primarily focusing on the analysis of non-linear DUTs. Florian has 20 years of experience as an RF engineer including R&D for automotive radars as well as 15+ years of test and measurement experience. Before moving into R&D he held several positions as an Application Engineer for R&S Spectrum & Signal-Analyzers and Researcher at TU München. He received his Dr.-Ing. and Dipl.-Ing. degrees both from Technische Universität München.

Tony Gasseling is SIMULIA R&D Technical Director at Dassault Systèmes, specializing in advanced modeling of nonlinear RF devices using innovative measurement techniques. With over 20 years of experience in semiconductor measurement and modeling (Pulse IV, Load Pull…), he previously served as CEO of AMCAD Engineering. Tony holds a PhD from XLIM Lab (University of Limoges) and an Executive Master in Digital Marketing from HEC Paris.

Giancarlo De Chirico is the Director of Strategic Partnerships in the Probe Systems Business Unit at FormFactor. He has 14 years of experience in network analysis and characterization of RF, microwave, and mm-wave devices. He has hosted numerous seminars and workshops on component characterization techniques. Before joining FormFactor in 2022, Giancarlo served as a Director at Keysight Technologies and was responsible for the growth of the Aerospace & Defense Device/Component Test and Military ATE industries. He holds a Master's Degree in Electronics Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and a Bachelor's in Electronics Engineering from Politecnico di Bari (Italy).

Gavin Fisher is an applications specialist at FormFactor’s centre of expertise with responsibility for the RF applications. He provides application support and technical services to customers, in addition to evaluating and assisting in product development. With more than two decades of experience in Cascade / Formfactor probe systems, he has a broad spectrum of application knowledge in high-frequency measurement, calibration, automation and power device measurement. He educates and trains customers on best practices to achieve accurate measurement results. He has made several presentations at European Microwave Week, International Microwave Symposium, and MOS-AK workshops. Prior to joining Formfactor, he served at Alenia Marconi Systems in the radar systems division.

Mehrdad Harifi-Mood received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering–electronics and the M.Sc. degree in electronics–IC design from the University of Birjand, Iran, in 2017 and 2020, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in telecommunications from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Université du Québec, Montreal, Canada, in 2025. His doctoral research focused on the design of integrated circuits for noise measurement applications, with emphasis on linearity, reliability, and performance at mm-wave frequencies for laboratory measurement systems. He is currently with Focus Microwaves, Montreal, Canada, where he is a member of the RF engineering team, working on noise measurement techniques and the development of advanced noise measurement systems.