Luigi Boccia (S'00-M'03) was born in Lungro, Italy, in 1975. He received the MSc degree (cum laude) in Information Technology Engineering from the University of Calabria, Italy, and the Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from the University "Mediterranea" of Reggio Calabria, Italy, in 2000 and 2003 respectively.

Since January 2005 he has been with the Department of Computer Engineering, Modeling, Electronics and Systems Science of the University of Calabria, where he became Associate Professor in 2021. He has taught courses on antennas, microwaves and electronic circuits, and has held research positions in several European institutions, including the European Space Research and Technology Centre of the European Space Agency (The Netherlands), the University of Birmingham (UK), the University of Surrey (UK) and the University of Grenoble (France).

His main research interests are: i) antennas for mobile and satellite communications, radar and Earth observation applications; ii) monolithically integrated RF circuits for phased array applications; iii) RF system integration technologies.

He co-edited the "Space Antenna Handbook" (Wiley, 2012). He serves as Associate Editor for IEEE AWPL and IEEE MWTL, as well as for the EuMA journal, and has been involved in the organization of several conferences, workshops and doctoral courses. In 2022 he was General Chair of the Mediterranean Microwave Symposium and Workshop Chair of EuMW. He is an IEEE MTT-S Distinguished Microwave Lecturer for 2026. He has taken part, including in coordination roles, in several R&D projects funded by the EU, ESA and leading industries, mainly in the areas of 5G and satellite communications.