Sergio Carrato graduated in Electronic Engineering at the University of Trieste; 
he then worked at Ansaldo Componenti and at Sincrotrone Trieste,  
in the field of electronic instrumentation for applied physics, 
and received the Ph.D. in Signal Processing from the University of Trieste. 
Later he joined the Department of Electronics  of the same University, 
where he is currently  associate professor of Electronic Devices. 

His research interests include electronics and signal processing, and, in particular, 
image and video processing, also for forensic applications, 
and the development of advanced instrumentation for experimental physics laboratories.