Dr. Cinzia Zuffada has lead the development of the measurement technique of "GPS ocean reflection" for oceanography, at JPL. She has played a pivotal role in demonstrating the feasibility of the GPS altimetry measurement from fixed site and airplane, has acquired international recognition and is active in chartering future technology developments.

Dr. Zuffada has established foundations in GPS occultation with mountain-based or air-borne receiver, leading to international collaborations. She has played a key role in the development of the combined finite-element integral-equation technique for scattering and radiation modeling of large complex systems, including conformally mounted arrays. She has lectured at Italian universities on this subject.

Dr. Zuffada has also pioneered the use of genetic algorithms in electromagnetic synthesis applications by demonstrating the feasibility of novel grating filters geometries.

• Laurea (Doctorate) in Electronic Engineering, University of Pavia, Italy (1979)

• Modeling the electromagnetic properties of the atmosphere, rough sea and ice surfaces, and of ice volumes to understand the characteristics of GPS signals scattered by such media; develop algorithms for data analysis and science.

• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1992-Present)
• JPL Associate Chief Scientist (2006-present)
• Manager, Earth Remote Sensing Section, Science Division (2006)
• Deputy Manager, Earth Remote Sensing Section, Science Division (2002-2006)
• Senior Member Technical Staff (1992-2002)
• Associate Senior Engineer, Kaman Sciences Corporation, California (1985-1992)
• Tenured Researcher, University of Pavia, Italy (1983-1985)
• Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, California (1982)
• Associate Research Fellow, University of Pavia, Italy (1980-1981)

1. C. Zuffada, A. Fung, J. Parker, M. Okolicanyi, and E. Huang: "Polarization properties of the GPS signal scattered off a wind-driven ocean," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 52, No 1, pp. 172-188, Jan. 2004.
2. C. Zuffada, S. Lowe, Y. Chao and R. Treuhaft: "Oceanography with GPS," a chapter in Satellite Altimetry for Geodesy, Geophysics and Oceanography, C. Hwang, C. Shum and J. Li eds, International Association of Geodesy Symposia, Volume 126, pp. 193-203, Springer-Verlag, 2004.
3. C. Zuffada, T. Elfouhaily and S. Lowe: "Sensitivity Analysis of Wind Vector Measurements from Ocean reflected GPS Signals," Remote Sensing of Environment, 5916, 2003.
4. G. A. Hajj, C. Zuffada, "Theoretical Description of a Bistatic System for Ocean Altimetry Using the GPS Signal," Radio Science, Vol. 38, No 5, Oct. 2003.
5. Lowe S.T., C. Zuffada, J. LaBrecque, M. Lough, J. Lerma, Five-Cm-Precision Aircraft Ocean Altimetry Using GPS Reflections, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(10), May 2002.
6. S. T. Lowe, J.L. Labrecque, C. Zuffada, L.J. Romans, L. Young and G. A. Hajj, "First Spaceborne Observation of an Earth-Reflected GPS Signal," Radio Science, Vol. 37, No.1, Feb. 2002.
7. R.Treuhaft, S. Lowe, C. Zuffada, and Y. Chao: "2-Cm GPS Altimetry Over Crater Lake," Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 23, p. 4343-4346, December 2001.
8. A.K. Fung, C. Zuffada and C. Y. Hsieh, "Incoherent Bistatic Scattering from the Sea Surface at L-Band," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 1006-1012, May 2001.
9. C. Zuffada, G. Hajj and E. R. Kursinski: "A Novel approach to Atmospheric Profiling with a Down-looking Mountain-based or Air-borne GPS Receiver," Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmosphere, Vol. 104, No. D20, pp. 24,435-24,447, October 1999.
10. C. Zuffada, D. Levine and S. Tibuleac: "Designing Dielectric Grating Filters with PGAPACK," a chapter in Electromagnetic System Design Using Evolutionary Optimization - Genetic Algorithms," Y. Rahmat-Samii and E. Michielssen, Eds., J. Wiley and Sons, Inc., Ch. 12, pp. 367-397, 1999.