Academic Qualification

PhD in Planetary Sciences, University College London

Master at University College London

Bachelor at University College London

Teaching Area

• Planetary Sciences

• Astronomy

• Remote Sensing

• Earth Sciences

Research Area

• Impact Cratering

• Remote Sensing

• Multispectral Data

• Planetary Geology

Working Experience

• Jul. 2025 ~ present, Associate Professor, Department of Space Science and Technology, Faculty of Innovation Engineering, MUST

• Feb. 2016 ~ Jun. 2025, Assistant Professor, Department of Space Science and Technology, Faculty of Innovation Engineering, MUST

• Jul. 2012 ~ Jul. 2015, Postdoctoral Researcher, Birkbeck - University of London, London, UK

• Aug. 2008 ~ Aug. 2012, Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, MPS, Göttingen, Germany

Academic Publication (selected)

1. Bugiolacchi, R., Meng, Z., & Mei, L. 2026. Depth-sensitive microwave stratigraphy of Mare Tranquillitatis. JGR: Planets.

2. Chang, W., Meng, Z., Bugiolacchi, R., et al. 2025. Geological Evolution of Rima Bode on the Moon Revealed by Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data. Remote Sens. Icarus.

3. Liu, Z., Xu, Y., Bugiolacchi, R. 2025. Provenance of Ejecta and Regolith Thickness in the Vicinity of the Chang'e-6 Landing Site. Journal of Earth Science.

4. Bugiolacchi, R., Meng, Z., Hu, G.-P., & Mall, U. 2025. Oceanus Procellarum and Mare Imbrium lava flows: A new comparative look using microwave radiometer data. JGR: Planets.

5. Yu, C., Wang, W., Bugiolacchi, R. 2024. Improving generative adversarial network inversion via fine-tuning GAN encoders. Applied Soft Computing.

6. Wang, P., Bugiolacchi*, R. & Su, Y. 2023. A new compositional, mineralogical and chronological study of the Leibnitz crater within the SPA basin. Planetary and Space Science.

7. Bugiolacchi, R., Hu, G.-P., & Zheng, Y. C., 2022. The Moon in the microwave: Shedding new light on the lunar farside. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets.

8. Lai, J., Xu, Y., Bugiolacchi, R., Wong, H. K., Xu, L., Zhang, X., et al. 2021. A Complex Paleo-Surface revealed by the Yutu-2 Rover at the Lunar Farside. Geophysical Research Letters.

9. Zhang, L., Xu, Y., X., Bugiolacchi, R., et al. 2021. Rock Abundance and Evolution of the Shallow Stratum on Chang’e-4 landing site unveiled by Lunar Penetrating Radar Data. Earth and Planetary Sci. Letters.

10. Lai, J., Xu, Y., Bugiolacchi, R. et al. 2020. First look by the Yutu-2 rover at the deep subsurface structure at the lunar farside. Nature Commun.

11. Bugiolacchi, R., and Wöhler, C. 2020. Small craters population as a useful geological investigative tool: Apollo 17 region as a case study. Icarus.

12. Zhang, F., Head, J. W., Basilevsky, A. T., Bugiolacchi, R., Komatsu, G., Wilson, L., Zhu, M.-H. 2017. Newly discovered ring-moat dome structures in the Lunar Maria: Possible origins and implications. Geophysical Research Letters.

13. Bugiolacchi R. 2017. Small Craters and their Diagnostic Potential. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences.

14. Tar, P.D., Bugiolacchi, R., Thacker, N.A., Gilmour, J.D., and the MoonZoo Team. 2016. Estimating false positive contamination in crater annotations from citizen science data. Earth Moon Planets.

15. Bugiolacchi R., Bamford S., Tar P., Thacker N., Crawford I., Joy K., Grindrod P., Lintott C.  2016. The MoonZoo citizen science project: Preliminary results for the Apollo 17 landing site. Icarus.

16. Bugiolacchi R., Mall U., Bhatt M., McKenna-Lawlor S., Brønstad K., and Ullaland K. 2013. From the Imbrium Basin to crater Tycho: The first regional spectral distribution map derived from SIR-2 near infrared data. Icarus.

17. Bhatt M., Mall U., Bugiolacchi R. et al., 2012. Lunar iron abundance determination using the 2-μm absorption band parameters, Icarus.

18. Bugiolacchi R., Mall U., Bhatt M., McKenna-Lawlor S., Banaszkiewicz M., Brønstad K., Nathues A., Søraas F., and Ullaland K. 2011. An In-Depth Look at Copernicus Crater: Exposed Mineralogy by High-Resolution Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Icarus.

19. Bugiolacchi R., and Guest J. E. 2008. Compositional and temporal investigation of exposed lunar basalts in the Mare Imbrium region. Icarus.

20. Bugiolacchi R., Spudis P. D., and Guest J. E. 2006. Stratigraphy and composition of lava flows in Mare Nubium and Mare Cognitum. Meteoritics & Planetary Science.

Research Grants

• 2022.01 - 2027.12, Distribution, abundance, formation environment and sedimentary sequence construction of Martian hydrous minerals (National Key Res. and Dev. Prog. of China)

• 2019.10 - 2022.10, Small Craters as a New Investigative Planetary Tool: A Multidisciplinary Approach (FDCT)

• 2022.01 - 2024.12, Re-calibration of the Lunar Crater Chronology Using Chang’e-5 Mission Data: Revisiting the Chronology of Global Lunar Volcanism (Open Project)

• 2018.11 - 2020.12, Artificial Intelligence applied to crater detection and measurements: the dawn of a new era in geochronology and impact morphology (Open Project)

Professional Society Membership

• UCL Alumni, UCL