Francesca Panzetta

Francesca Panzetta currently serves as a Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer at D-Orbit since April 2023, while also holding the position of Innovation Engineer at Fugro Innovation & Technology B.V. since January 2018, focusing on algorithm development for Inertial Navigation Systems. Previous roles include Research Associate at Delft University of Technology, where ocean mass transport modeling was enhanced through satellite gravimetry data assimilation, and at Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut of the Technische Universität München, specializing in non-gravitational perturbations for SLR Precise Orbit Determination. Francesca's early career involved software engineering at Trimble Terrasat GmbH and research at the University of Padova, determining ocean tide parameters from GOCE orbital perturbation analysis. Educational qualifications include a PhD in Sciences Technologies and Measurements for Space from Università degli Studi di Padova, alongside Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Astronomy from the same institution.