Short Curriculum Vitae

• Born October 11th, 1967 in Rome, Italy.
• Diploma cum laude in Electrical Engineering at University of Rome "La Sapienza" (1991).
• Research assistant at the Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zurich (1992-1996).
• Nachdiplomstudium (M.Sc.) in Informationstechnik from the ETH-Zurich (1995).
• Doktor in Technischen Wissenschaften (PhD) with medal of honour from the ETH-Zurich (1995).
  Thesis on Discontinuous control of nonholonomic systems.
• Dottorato di Ricerca (PhD) from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" (1996).
  Thesis on Robust control of nonlinear systems.
• Lecturer in Nonlinear Control Theory at the Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zurich (1995-1996).
• Visiting Lecturer on Control of constrained systems at the Terza University of Rome (1996).
• Lecturer in Control Engineering at the Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London (1996-2000).
• Associate Professor at Dept. of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano, Milan (1998-2003).
• Visiting Lecturer on Nonlinear Control at Rice University, Houston (1999).
• Visiting Professor in Nonlinear Control at Kepler University, Linz (2000).
• Senior Lecturer in Control Engineering at the Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London (2000-2002).
• Visiting Professor in Nonlinear Control at SUPELEC, Paris (2001).
• Reader in Nonlinear Control Theory at the Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London (2002-2005).
• Visiting Fellow at the Mittag-Leffler Institute, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, (May-June 2003).
• Philip Leverhulme Prize (2003). The prize is "to recognise the outstanding research achievements of young scholars of distinction and promise based in UK institutions".
• Professor of Nonlinear Control Theory at the Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London (2005-).
• Professor at Dipartimento di Informatica Sistemi e Produzione, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome (2005-).
• IEEE Control Systems Society Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize (2007). The Prize is given annually to "recognize distinguished cutting-edge contributions by a young researcher to the theory or application of systems and control".
• IEEE Fellow (2009): for contributions to nonlinear control theory and its applications to mechanical, electromechanical and power systems.
• Chair of the Conference Editorial Board of the IEEE Control Systems Society (2009--).