Résumé

Current position and achievements

• Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Astronautical, Electrical, and Energy Engineering (DIAEE), Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

• Member of the International Academy of Astronautics (since 2020)

• Member of the Astrodynamics Committee of the International Astronautical Federation

• Italian National Qualification for the position of Full Professor of Aerospace Engineering (since 2017)

• Member of the Academic Board of the Ph.D. Course in Aeronautical and Space Engineering, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

• Coordinator of the Astrodynamics Research Group at Sapienza

Research areas

• Astrodynamics and mission analysis

• Analytical and numerical optimization of aerospace maneuvers

• Guidance and control of aerospace vehicles

• Dynamic game theory applied to aerospace trajectories

• Satellite constellations

• Launch, ascent and descent vehicles, and satellite release systems

Research activity

• Author of more than 120 publications (including 1 book, 72 journal papers, and 11 book chapters) 

• Invited speaker and speaker in international seminars and conferences (more than 40 times)

• Principal investigator or researcher in more than 20 research projects

• Publication scores (Scopus, as of 4 February 2025): publications = 152, h-index = 21, citations = 1620

Visiting positions

• 2012: Visiting Researcher at the Rice University, Houston, TX, U.S.A.

• 2009, 2012, 2017: Visiting Researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, U.S.A.

• 2006/2007: Visiting Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, U.S.A.

• 2004: Visiting Scholar at the Rice University, Houston, TX, U.S.A.

Editorial positions

• Associate Editor

  • Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications

  • Acta Astronautica

• Guest Editor

  • Special Issue: Optimal Control in Astrodynamics, Aerospace, 2025

• Reviewer for 16 international journals

Former editorial positions

• Associate Editor

  • Aerotecnica Missili e Spazio

  • International Journal of Aerospace Engineering

  • Mathematical Problems in Engineering

• Guest Editor

  • Special Issue: Optimization Theory and Application to Aerospace Systems, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2021

  • Special Issue: Small Satellite Missions and Applications, Applied Sciences, 2023

  • Special Issue: Advanced Schemes for Lunar Transfer, Descent and Landing, Applied Sciences, 2024

  • New Trends and Challenges in Optimization theory Applied to Space engineering, Springer, 2025

Educational activity

• 2006: Instructor for the Italian Air Force (research contract)

• 2012-2013: Instructor in the educational project “High-Level Postgraduate Course in Aerospace Engineering” for Iraqi graduate students, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

• 2007-2012, 2013-2015: Lecturer for the courses “Meccanica del Volo dei Lanciatori” (Flight Mechanics of Launch Vehicles), “Meccanica del Volo dei Veicoli Astronautici” (Flight Mechanics of Astronautical Vehicles), and “Meccanica del Volo” (Flight Mechanics), Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

• 2016-2017: Instructor for the Course "Aerospace Trajectories", LSS-SIA, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

• 2017-2019: Instructor for the Course "Meccanica del Volo" (Flight Mechanics), L-9, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

• 2016- : Instructor for the Course "Spaceflight Mechanics", LM-20, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

• 2019- : Instructor for the Course "Advanced Spacecraft Dynamics", LM-20, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy