Prof. Mario Innocenti

Mario Innocenti received the Laurea degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Pisa, Italy in 1977, and the Ph.D. degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA in 1982. From 1982 to 1992 he was on the faculty of the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Auburn University, Alabama, USA. Since 1993 he has been with the University of Pisa, and he is currently full professor of automatic control in the Department of Information Engineering. Prof. Innocenti has been a member of various NATO working groups, visiting scientist at several US laboratories, and has performed sponsored research and the national and international level. In 2008-2009, he was a recipient of a senior research associate fellowship by the US National Research council to perform research at the munitions directorate of AFRL, Eglin AFB, Florida, USA. In 2018-2019, he was a visiting professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Auburn University, AL, USA. His research interests are in the areas of control theory, unmanned systems guidance and control, and rendezvous problems in space under three body perturbation. He has published more than 250 scientific publications, and tutored 20 Ph.D. students.