Björn Rommen

Bjorn Rommen received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, in 1999. Since 1999, he has been working in the field of Earth observation at the Research and Technology Centre, European Space Agency (ESA), Noordwijk, The Netherlands. He is currently a Mission Scientist for ESA’s Earth Explorer 7 Biomass and Earth Explorer 10 Harmony missions. His research interests include a wide range within the domain of active microwave remote sensing—involving work at both microwave instrument conceptual level and leading research and development (R&D) activities investigating wave interaction with the Earth’s surface (including bio/geophysical parameter retrieval) and atmosphere—which, for a large extent, has been driven by synthetic aperture radar (SAR) missions in preparation at ESA. He has been involved in the Sentinel-1A and −1B prelaunch and postlaunch activities, including the commissioning phases covering overall SAR in-orbit performance and system calibration activities. His research interests also include electromagnetics theory, computational electromagnetics, and radar remote sensing.