1999 - 2005	MSc Electronic Engineering - Università Politecnica delle Marche
2006 - 2009	PhD on Automation and Control - Technical University of Denmark

PhD Automation and Control

MSc. Electronic Engineering

2011 -	Assistant Professor - Technical University of Denmark, DTU Elektro
2005 - 2006	Research Assistant - Technical University of Denmark, Ørsted-DTU
2006 - 2009	PhD student - Technical University of Denmark, DTU Elektro
2009 - 2010	PostDoc (CeSOS) - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures
2010 - 2011	PostDoc - Technical University of Denmark, DTU Elektro

Italian - Mother tongue, English - Fluent both speaking and writing, French - School level

My expertise and research interests are in the following areas

• nonlinear system analysis with particular focus on nonlinear nonautonomous periodic systems
• nonlinear control and observer design
• nonlinear adaptive control with particular focus on adaptive backstepping and L1 adaptive control
• model based and data driven fault diagnosis

My main application areas are

• marine crafts
• unmanned vehicles (UAVs and USVs)
• energy harvesting systems

August 2007 - February 2008 External research visit at the Department of Engineering Cybernetics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trodheim, Norway

• Best Paper Award at IFAC MCMC2009
• Best Paper Award at IFAC MCMC2012