Federico Cilia has over ten years of experience in the semiconductor industry, having first been employed at ST Microelectronics as an apprentice and later, following his graduation in 2006 with a Diploma in industrial electronics from Malta College for Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST), he was employed as a technician. Mr Cilia continued to further his education at the University of Malta, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2019 and a Master of Science in Engineering in 2021. Currently, he is reading for a Doctor of Philosophy in Physics at the University of Malta. He is also employed with the University of Malta as a Research Support Officer on the MiTreat project part-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund – European Structural and Investment Funds 2014-2020. His current research interests are microwave effects on biological tissue, numerical thermal-electromagnetic modelling, and antenna design for microwave ablation.