Andrey V. Sarychev received a PhD in Mathematics in 1980, at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. In 1993, he become Associate Professor and, in 1998, Full Professor at the University of Aveiro, where he played a major role in the Scientific development and research activities of the Department of Mathematics. Since 2002 he is full professor at the University of Florence, Italy.
His main research interests lie in the areas of nonlinear dynamical control systems, control of evolution PDE, optimal control, sub-Riemannian geometry, ordinary diferential equations, calculus of variations, and propagation of elastic waves.
He collaborated with over 30 co-authors from nine countries, and supervised seven PhD students and three young researchers from Portugal and France.