Luca Zaccarian

Luca Zaccarian is a Researcher (FR) at LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France, and holds a part-time Professor position at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, Italy. He earned his Laurea (1995) and Ph.D. (2000) from the University of Roma Tor Vergata. His research focuses on nonlinear and hybrid control systems, with applications in aerospace, mechatronics, and Tokamak plasma control. He has held editorial roles at journals like Automatica and IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, and received the 2001 O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award and IEEE Fellow distinction (2016). His work includes anti-windup design, reset control systems, and input allocation strategies.

Research interests: Nonlinear control, hybrid systems, saturation management, aerospace systems, and mechatronics. Key contributions include hybrid models for opinion dynamics and Lyapunov-based reset control. Recent publications emphasize robust stabilization, synchronization in networks, and control of power converters.

Notable awards: IEEE Fellow (2016), 2001 O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award. Active in conference organization and editorial roles, including Senior Editor for Automatica and Associate Editor for IEEE CSS.