- Technical Associate Editor for the IFAC World Congress (Nov. 2025-present)
- Guest Associate Editor for the Special Section on the intersection of Machine Learning and Control of the IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems (Oct. 2025-present)
- IPC member Learning for Dynamics and Control (L4DC) conference (2024-present)
- IPC member IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (2024)
- Associate Editor of the International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control (May. 2023-present)
- Published several papers, such as 'Analysis and Synthesis of Switched Optimization Algorithms'
Research Experience
- 2013: Visiting researcher at San Diego State University, USA, during master thesis, developed fluid-structure interaction solvers for aeroelastic analysis of unconventional joined-wing aircraft configurations (PrandtlPlane type)
- May 2019 - September 2022: Postdoctoral researcher at the Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, with Prof. Roy Smith
- October 2022 - present: Assistant Professor at IST, University of Stuttgart, Germany, leading the Trustworthy Autonomy for Smart Adaptive Systems (TASAS) group, focusing on control theory, optimization, and learning
Education
- October 2008 - September 2011: B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy
- October 2011 - March 2014: M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy
- September 2015 - April 2019: Ph.D. in Control and Dynamical Systems, University of Bristol, UK, supervised by Dr. Andrés Marcos and Prof. Mark Lowenberg
Background
Research interests include robust and adaptive control, system identification, optimization-based control, online learning, energy and intelligent transportation systems, robotics, aerospace. Strong mathematical background.
Miscellany
Member of the International Max Planck Research School for Intelligent Systems (IMPRS-IS); Participating researcher in the Cluster of Excellence ‘Data-Integrated Simulation Science (SimTech)’