Born in 1974, Luca Pugi is currently working as Associate Professor at Florence University teaching the following courses: Applied Mechanics [B025506] , Mechatronics [B019381] and Rail and Road Traction Systems, Digital Twins of Mechatronics System [B031734]. The author of more than 300 publications, Luca Pugi has participated in many national and international projects with a particular attention to knowledge exchange between academic and industrial research. He is the co-inventor of some patents, and the co-founder of two Academic Spin-Offs. He is active as an editor and reviewer for indexed scientific journals and an active member of several associations, such as IEEE (Senior Member). Luca Pugi has a research background mainly related to Applied Mechanics, Conventional and Autonomous Vehicles, and the Modelling of Dynamical Systems. His main research activities are currently devoted to mechatronics as a tool to cross and join different branches of engineering. Since 2025, the name of his coordinated research group has been MCube (Mechatronics Mobility and Modelling)