Prof. Francesco Maurelli

Prof. Francesco Maurelli is leading the Marine Systems and Robotics group at Constructor University, in Bremen, Germany, EU, where he is serving as the Chair of the Robotics and Intelligent Systems program. He obtained his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Heriot-Watt University, in Edinburgh, Scotland, with a thesis focused on intelligent localization of autonomous underwater vehicles. He has worked for more than a decade in the field of autonomous marine robots. He has successful experience with various funding schemes for researchers, among which Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (EU), Horizon (EU), Erasmus+ (EU), DFG (DE), DAAD (DE).

He is IEEE OES Young Professionals Boost laureate 2023-2024, co-chair of the IEEE RAS Marine Robotics Technical Committee, and member of the Global Young Academy 2023-2028.