Claudio Matarrese achieved B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. He developed his M.Sc. thesis at DART Lab titled "Maneuver-based scale estimation in visual SLAM for asteroid exploration". He is a Ph.D. student at DART Lab since September 2025, working on autonomous visual navigation for asteroid exploration. His research interests focus on onboard estimation of relative state, asteroid shape, and physical properties for minimally human-supervised missions. Relevant scenarios include landing and in-orbit servicing.