Michael Muehlebach

Michael Muehlebach is a Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tuebingen, Germany, leading the Learning and Dynamical Systems group. He holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zurich (2010, 2013) and a Ph.D. from the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control (2018), advised by Prof. R. D'Andrea. He later pursued postdoctoral research under Prof. Michael I. Jordan at UC Berkeley.

• Research Interests: Machine Learning, Dynamical Systems, Control Theory, Optimization, Physics-Informed Learning for Cyber-Physical Systems.
• Scientific Awards: Outstanding D-MAVT Bachelor Award, Willi-Studer Prize, ETH Medal, HILTI Prize, Branco Weiss Fellowship (2018), Emmy Noether Fellowship (2020), Amazon Fellowship (2024).
• Students: Supervised Julien Kohler (Master's thesis on Quadrotor Control).
• Projects: Developed Floaty (wind-energy robot), Flying Platform (ducted fan actuation testbed), One-Wheel Cubli (3D inverted pendulum), and electromagnetic navigation systems.