Samuel Balula Postdoctoral Scientific Assistant Control Theory and Systems Biology Laboratory Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering ETH Zürich Basel, Switzerland samuel.balula@bsse.ethz.ch

I'm a Scientific Assistant at the Control Theory and Systems Biology Laboratory, lead by Prof. Mustafa Khammash.

I obtained my Ph.D. (2023) in Automatic Control at the Automatic Control Laboratory (IfA), Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of ETH Zürich, under the supervision of Prof. John Lygeros and Dr. Alisa Rupenyan.

Previously, I worked as head of research at Trigger Systems, a startup developing control technology for agriculture, water and energy management.

I did my undergrad and Master programs in Engineering Physics at Técnico Lisboa - University of Lisbon.

Research

I'm currently working in automating biological experimental apparatus using electromechanical systems, enabling high troughput experimentation with synthetic biological circuits.

During my Ph.D. I worked on data-enabled optimization-based trajectory planning methods for precision motion systems and autonomous robotic inspection.