Tommaso Ghidini

Tommaso Ghidini is head of ESA’s Structures, Mechanisms and Materials Division. With its worldy-known and high-level labs and calculation centers, the Division guarantees the structural integrity of all the ESA's programs and space missions. He also is visiting professor at Politecnico di Milano on the first Additive Manufacturing for Space and Aerospace Applications course. As official spokesman of ESA, he is very active in scientific information and holds highly regarded all over the world. Besides his institutional activities, he cultivates his passion for flying. His first book, Homo Caelestis. L’incredibile racconto di come saremo (Longanesi), will be published in September.