He has been researcher and Deputy Director of the QUT - Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (ARCAA). He holds degrees in Electronic Engineering (BEng), Msc. in Networks and Telecommunication Systems, PhD in Robotics and Autonomous Systems and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education. He specialises in UAVs covering many aspects related to this field such as navigation, control theory, path planning, image processing and vision-based control amongst others. His research is related to the development of automation technologies that enable unmanned aircraft to perform tasks with minimal user supervision. He is particularly motivated by the development of enabling technologies that allows seamless usage of unmanned aircraft in society.