Resume
Academic Achievements
- - Recipient of the Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize (2023)
- - Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Research Award (2019)
- - Army Research Office Young Investigator Award (2017)
- - Multiple paper awards including O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award (2021), Roberto Tempo Best CDC Paper Award (2020), etc.
Research Experience
- - Served on the faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Riverside from 2013 to 2025
- - Currently working in the EECS Department at UCI
- - Research projects involve learning-based control, safe autonomy, and brain-inspired computing
Education
- - Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2012
- - Laurea Magistrale (M.S. equivalent) in Automation Engineering, University of Pisa, 2007
- - Laurea (B.S. equivalent) in Computer Engineering, University of Pisa, 2004
Background
- A Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine. Research interests include control and network systems, machine learning, and computational neuroscience.
Miscellany
- Looking for talented students and postdocs interested in learning-based control, safe autonomy, and brain-inspired computing.