Dr. Marco Esposito
Managing Director at cosine Remote Sensing BV
SPIE Involvement:
Conference Program Committee | Author
Area of Expertise:
Remote Sensing , Laser altimetry and ranging , Miniaturization , Hyperspectral , Airborne instrumentation , Spaceborne instrumentation
Profile Summary

Dr Marco Esposito is Managing Director at cosine Remote Sensing.

Marco completed his PhD in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Naples, specializing in airborne remote sensing for air quality and land management. Having worked on various aerospace projects in Italy, most recently as coordinator of the Environmental Research Aircraft Lab of the Italian National Research Council, Marco moved to the Netherlands.
Marco spent almost 4 years at ESA ESTEC as calibration engineer first, in the science department working on EUV to IR sensors calibration for future planetary missions, and then as performance engineer in the Earth Observation department working on Sentinel 5 Precursor spectrometer TROPOMI.

Marco has been involved in a variety of research and development activities at cosine, all focusing on the miniaturization of optical instruments for Earth Observation and miniaturized suites of instruments for planetary exploration. Marco has been leading the development of space products including space Lidars for vegetation and bathymetry, as well as intelligent spectral imagers for EO from small satellites. He has produced more than 40 scientific publications, either as first author or as a co-author.

Having gained experience as system and performance engineer, project manager, program manager and team leader at cosine, Marco became managing director of cosine Remote Sensing as well as of the Italian branch of cosine.
Marco led the commercialization of the hyperspectral product line at cosine, the first ever miniaturized class of imagers able to connect hyperspectral, thermal imaging and artificial intelligence techniques in one compact solution for the Earth observation market.

Marco is currently leading the scale-up of the remote sensing business at cosine as well as the setup of the space factory for the series production of smart remote sensing instruments for Earth Observation.
Publications (13)

Proceedings Article | 3 October 2024 Presentation
John Hefele, Marco Esposito, Chris van Dijk, Nathan Vercruyssen, Jouke Witte
Proceedings Volume PC13146, PC1314605 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3029013
KEYWORDS: Satellites, Equipment, Spatial resolution, Signal processing, Biological research, Artificial intelligence, Thermal sensing, Staring arrays, Signal generators, Remote sensing

Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Presentation + Paper
Iva Laginja, David Doelman, Frans Snik, Pierre Baudoz, Felix Bettonvil, Jeroen H. Rietjens, Chris van Dijk, Kristien Peeters, Alexander Eigenraam, Erin Pougheon, Thomas van der Wielen, Marco Esposito, Thomas Wijnen, Mariya Krasteva, Matteo Taccola
Proceedings Volume 13092, 1309227 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3016774
KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Polarization, Polarization gratings, Liquid crystals, Manufacturing, Diffraction gratings, Polarized light, Exoplanets

Proceedings Article | 20 October 2023 Presentation + Paper
P. Foglia Manzillo, R. Rengelink, M. Müller, J. Harpur, M. Esposito
Proceedings Volume 12729, 1272910 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2678238
KEYWORDS: Calibration, Breadboards, Photonics, Optical calibration, Miniaturization, Radiometric calibration, Interfaces, Power consumption, Cesium, Tunable lasers

Proceedings Article | 22 May 2023 Presentation
Thijs Stockmans, C.U. Keller, C. van Dijk, M. Esposito, F. Snik
Proceedings Volume 12327, 1232710 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2666929
KEYWORDS: Design and modelling, Sensors, Equipment, Reconstruction algorithms, Optical filters, Satellites, Remote sensing, Polarimetry, Miniaturization, Air quality

Proceedings Article | 30 September 2022 Presentation + Paper
T. Stockmans, F. Snik, J. Smit, J. H. Rietjens, M. Esposito, C. van Dijk, C. Keller
Proceedings Volume 12236, 122360E (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2633418
KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Sensors, Polarization, Polarimetry, RGB color model, Image filtering, Hyperspectral imaging, Polarizers, Linear polarizers, Linear filtering

Proceedings Article | 1 August 2021 Presentation + Paper
Dora Klindžić, Frans Snik, Daphne Stam, Christoph Keller, Thijs Stockmans, H. Jens Hoeijmakers, Dirk van Dam, Michele Willebrands, Theodora Karalidi, Vidhya Pallichadath, Chris van Dijk, M. Esposito
Proceedings Volume 11833, 1183306 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595402
KEYWORDS: Polarization, Polarimetry, Sensors, Exoplanets, Ray tracing, Optical design, Modulation, Microlens array, Liquid crystals, Vegetation

Proceedings Article | 11 June 2021 Open Access Presentation + Paper
Ljubiša Babic, P. Foglia Manzillo, M. Esposito, E. Loots, A. Ludewig, Q. Kleipool, S. Grabarnik, F. Bernard, G. Bazalgette Courrèges-Lacoste
Proceedings Volume 11852, 1185235 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2599532

Proceedings Article | 21 August 2020 Presentation
Nathan Vercruyssen, Marco Esposito, Simon Conticello, Agne Paskeviciute, Zeger de Groot, Martin Van Damme, Lieven Clarisse, Pierluigi Foglia Manzillo, Massimo Menenti, Alijafar Mousivand, Pierre-François Coheur, Ilias Manolis
Proceedings Volume 11505, 1150509 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2570682
KEYWORDS: Nitrogen, Thermography, Infrared radiation, Satellites, Hyperspectral imaging, Imaging systems, Infrared imaging, Earth's atmosphere, Agriculture, Ecosystems

Proceedings Article | 30 August 2019 Presentation + Paper
M. Esposito, S. Conticello, M. Pastena, B. Carnicero Domínguez
Proceedings Volume 11131, 111310C (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2532262
KEYWORDS: Satellites, Artificial intelligence, Thermography, Remote sensing, Data acquisition, Infrared radiation, Hyperspectral imaging, Clouds, Imaging systems, Neural networks

Proceedings Article | 12 July 2019 Open Access Paper
Proceedings Volume 11180, 1118020 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2535991
KEYWORDS: Data acquisition, Data processing, Hyperspectral imaging, Imaging systems, Satellites, Sensors, Calibration, Vegetation, Telescopes, Image processing

Proceedings Article | 25 September 2017 Open Access Paper
Aaldert van Amerongen, Jeroen Rietjens, Martijn Smit, Dennis van Loon, Hedser van Brug, Wencke van der Meulen, Marco Esposito, Otto Hasekamp
Proceedings Volume 10562, 105621O (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2296227
KEYWORDS: Aerosols, Polarization, Modulation, Sensors, Clouds, Polarimetry, Signal to noise ratio, Prototyping, Atmospheric modeling, Astronomical imaging

Proceedings Article | 20 October 2015 Paper
P. Foglia Manzillo, C. van Dijk, S. Conticello, M. Esposito, R. Lussana, F. Villa, D. Tamborini, F. Zappa, A. Tosi, A. Roncat, N. Pfeiffer, T. Entner, D. Lampridis
Proceedings Volume 9645, 96450E (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2196134
KEYWORDS: Sensors, LIDAR, Vegetation, Aerospace engineering, Photons, Electronics, Receivers, Pulsed laser operation, Space operations, Single photon

Proceedings Article | 28 August 2010 Paper
Marco Esposito, Sandro Hannemann, Scott Moon, Dmitris Lampridis, Max Collon, Marco Beijersbergen
Proceedings Volume 7808, 780816 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.863728
KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Infrared spectroscopy, Thermography, Infrared radiation, Sensors, Signal to noise ratio, Spectral resolution, Short wave infrared radiation, Optical filters, Near infrared

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Conference Committee Involvement (6)
CubeSats, SmallSats, and Hosted Payloads for Remote Sensing IX
3 August 2025 | San Diego, California, United States
CubeSats, SmallSats, and Hosted Payloads for Remote Sensing VIII
18 August 2024 | San Diego, California, United States
CubeSats, SmallSats, and Hosted Payloads for Remote Sensing VII
22 August 2023 | San Diego, California, United States
CubeSats and SmallSats for Remote Sensing VI
21 August 2022 | San Diego, California, United States
CubeSats and SmallSats for Remote Sensing V
1 August 2021 | San Diego, California, United States
CubeSats and SmallSats for Remote Sensing IV
24 August 2020 | Online Only, California, United States
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