About Me

I was born in a small town in the south of Italy, Lucera, where I studied at the local scientific high school. After completing my high school education, I moved to the city of Bari, where I joined the Polytechnic of Bari as a student of control engineering. I got my bachelor degree within the foreseen term of three years. After that, I started studying for the master degree. At that point, I moved to Saarbrücken, Germany, for my master thesis work, at the Laboratory of Process Automation of the Saarland University, led by Prof. habil. Dr.-Ing. Janocha. Completed the work, I obtained the master degree in Bari and I returned to Germany for my doctoral work in the field of self-sensing control of piezoelectric materials for vibration control. After achieving the doctoral degree, I started working as a researcher under the lead of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Nienhaus at the Laboratory of Actuation Technology of the same university, in the field of sensorless control of electrical machines, where I am currently employed. During this time, I have researched also in other fields, such as wireless power transfer, vehicle dynamic control and control of electrical drives. I have had also the opportunity of working as a developer for external companies as a side-activity, that strongly contributed to my professional growth.