About Alterspace
Alterspace Ltd designs and prototypes novel solutions for more reliable and greener next-generation wireless communication technologies across both Terrestrial Networks (TN) and Non-terrestrial Networks (NTN). Our products span smart nano-satellite concepts, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS), and intelligent algorithms for wireless signal boosting and interference mitigation.
Founders

GABRIELE GRADONI received the Ph.D. degree in electromagnetics from the Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, in 2010. He was a Visiting Researcher with the Time, Quantum, and Electromagnetics Team, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK, in 2008. From 2010 to 2013, he was a Research Associate with the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. From 2013 to 2016, he was a Research Fellow with the School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK. Since 2023 he has been a Full Professor of applied mathematics and electrical engineering with the University of Nottingham, UK. Since 2023 he has been a Full Professor of wireless communications with the University of Surrey, UK. His research interests include probabilistic and asymptotic methods for propagation in complex wave systems, wave chaos, and metasurfaces, with applications to electromagnetic compatibility and modern wireless communication systems. He is a member of the IEEE, and the Italian Electromagnetics Society. He received the URSI Commission B Young Scientist Award in 2010 and 2016, the Gaetano Latmiral Prize in 2015, and the and the Honorable Mention IEEE TEMC Richard B. Schulz Transactions Prize Paper Award in 2020. From 2014 to 2021, he has been the URSI Commission E Early Career Representative. Since 2020, he has been a Royal Society Industry Fellow at British Telecommunications, UK, and an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA. Since December 2022 he has been a Visiting Fellow at the Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge, UK.

Dr Minglei You (University of Nottingham) Dr Minglei You is Associate Professor of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham. He is Royal Society Short Industry Fellow and a member of the Power Electronics, Motors and Controls Research Group (PEMC) at the University of Nottingham, the George Green Institute for Electromagnetism at the University of Nottingham, and the Ningbo Nottingham Next Generation IoT Research Group. He received his PhD degree on statistical Quality of Service for Smart Grids from Durham University in 2019, as a recipient of the Durham Doctoral Scholarship. From 2019 to 2021, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate with Durham University and Loughborough University. He joined the University of Nottingham as an Assistant Professor in 2021 and current as an Associate Professor (since August 2025). He has attracted and led 7 research projects as PI and 4 as CoI, getting funded with a total of £547k. His research has been published in 40 peer-reviewed journal/conference paper. He has been serving as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and organised international conferences, including ICC 2020, WCNC 2019, ICC 2018, and VTC 2017. He is recognized as an exemplary reviewer for IEEE Wireless Communications Letters in 2020.
Funding to date
Approx. $460k in funding from European Space Agency, EPSRC, and BT (as described in our application).