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Yara Rossi is a researcher specializing in geodesy, GNSS positioning technologies, and structural and seismic monitoring. Her work sits at the intersection of low-cost instrumentation and high-precision measurement, exploring how accessible, mass-market GNSS receivers can be leveraged for applications traditionally reserved for expensive geodetic-grade equipment. Rossi's most influential contribution, "Low-Cost GNSS and Real-Time PPP" (2022), has garnered 51 citations and systematically evaluates the u-blox ZED-F9P dual-frequency receiver for kinematic monitoring using Precise Point Positioning — demonstrating that precision geomonitoring need not depend on costly hardware. This democratization of geodetic tools has significant implications for infrastructure monitoring, hazard assessment, and geoscience fieldwork on constrained budgets. Her 2021 work on Kalman Filter-based sensor fusion advances the emerging field of six-component (6C) motion tracking, integrating acceleration, GNSS, and rotation data to capture the full translational and rotational ground motion signature during earthquakes or structural vibrations. A companion study further benchmarks low-cost versus geodetic-grade GNSS systems under high-rate and real-time PPP conditions. Together, Rossi's publications reflect a consistent drive to make precision Earth observation more affordable, robust, and broadly applicable across seismology, geodesy, and structural engineering.