Gianluca De Masi was born in Catanzaro, Italy, in 1982. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics from the University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy, in 2004 and 2006, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in plasma science and engineering jointly from the University of Padua, Padua, Italy, and from the Instituto Superior Tecnico de Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, in 2011. He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Padua in 2011. He has been with Consorzio RFX, Padua, since 2013, where he was involved in plasma fusion and technology research on the RFX-mod fusion experiment with a particular focus on reflectometry diagnostic systems. He has been collaborating with the Joint European Torus Laboratory, Culham, U.K., since 2012. He is also participating in different projects in the field of plasma medicine. He has authored or co-authored about 30 papers in international journals, most of which concerning reflectometry data analysis and diagnostic development on different fusion devices.