I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford. I am a member of the Control Group in the Department of Engineering Science.

Research

My research is focused on decarbonising the aerospace industry using techniques from control theory and optimisation. Examples of applications include optimal energy management of hybrid-electric aircraft and safe autonomous operation of flying taxis in urban air mobility scenarios. To achieve the transition to a greener aviation and enable these new forms of transportation, we develop state-of-the-art control algorithms that combine convex optimisation, model predictive control and deep learning. Read more here.

About me

I received the PhD degree (DPhil) from the University of Oxford in 2023 and my research project was funded by Rolls-Royce and UK Research and Innovation. That same year I was awarded the EPSRC doctoral prize targeting top 10% PhD projects nationwide. Before my PhD, I worked as a system engineering lead in the aerospace industry, where I was involved in several projects related to unmanned aerial vehicles. In 2018, I was a visiting researcher at McGill University (Canada). I have the master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Liège (Belgium), the MSc in aerospace engineering from Cranfield University (UK), and the master's degree in electromechanical engineering from Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium).