CV
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor University of South Florida, Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, 2026–Present
Postdoctoral Research Associate Purdue University, Department of Computer Science, 2024–2026
Education
Ph.D. in Systems Engineering, Boston University, 2024 Thesis: On the Use of Expert Data to Imitate Behavior and Accelerate Reinforcement Learning
M.Sc. in Systems and Control, TU Delft, 2019
B.Sc. in Automation Engineering, University of Bologna & Tongji University, 2017
Research Interests
Reinforcement Learning · Sequential Decision-Making · Control Theory · Optimization · Robotics · Formal Methods
Publications
See my Publications page for a complete list.
Teaching
See my Teaching page for courses and teaching activities.
Service
Organizer, IROS 2026 Workshop on Hybrid Architectures for Embodied Autonomy
Reviewer for major journals and conferences in robotics, machine learning, and control.