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Roberto Sabatini is an Australian researcher engineer, academic and entrepreneur known for his work in aeronautics, astronautics and defense. Sabatini has been actively involved in the advancement of intelligent and autonomous flight systems for practical applications. Sabatini is a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) and Engineering Executive (EngExec) with the Institution of Engineers Australia, as well as a Member of the City and Guilds of London Institute (MCGI).

Biography
Sabatini holds a PhD from Cranfield University, a PhD and an MSc from the University of Nottingham, a Laurea (MEngSc) from Sapienza University of Rome, and other relevant academic and professional qualifications, including the licenses of Flight Test Engineer (Ministero della Difesa), Private Pilot (Ministero dei Trasporti), and Remote Pilot (Civil Aviation Safety Authority).

Currently, Sabatini holds a distinguished position in the Aerospace Engineering Department at Khalifa University of Science and Technology in the UAE and Honorary Professor within the STEM College at RMIT University in Australia. Before joining Khalifa University in 2021, he was a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Aviation at RMIT University. His earlier career, from 2011 to 2013, included a significant role at Cranfield University's Aerospace Engineering Department in the UK, where he spearheaded a diverse research team that contributed to the EU's Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative in Aeronautics and Air Transport. His extensive experience from 1990 to 2011 involved ascending roles in RDT&E sectors, contributing to major aerospace and defence projects. Sabatini has been associated with several prestigious institutions worldwide, including the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy, Chosun University in South Korea, the University of Greenwich in the UK, Durban University of Technology in South Africa, and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute in South Korea. Additionally, Sabatini serves as a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS), Chair of the AESS Avionics Systems Panel, Member of the AESS Board of Governors, and AESS Vice President for Technical Operations, among other roles. Throughout his career, Sabatini has led various Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) programs globally, contributing significantly to sectors such as commercial air transport, Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), geospatial and geophysical surveying, command and control, suborbital spaceflight, wildfire detection and management, as well as agriculture and environmental monitoring.

Research
Sabatini's work primarily involves addressing current issues in avionics, space travel, and the design, testing, and certification of robotics and autonomous systems. He emphasizes the importance of cyber-physical systems and AI in the digital transformation and sustainable development of the aerospace and aviation industries. His areas of interest include trusted autonomy, urban and regional air mobility, distributed space systems, space domain awareness, and multi-domain traffic management. Sabatini has written and contributed to several books and has a significant number of articles published in peer-reviewed international journals and conference proceedings. He was recognized by the 2021 Australian Research Special Report for his contributions to Aerospace Engineering and Aviation. Since 2019, he has been included in Stanford University's ranking of the top 2% of most cited scientists in Aerospace and Aeronautics. Sabatini is also involved in various collaboration programs with industry, government, and academic institutions. Currently, he is an advisor to the UAE Space Agency (Space Projects and Capability Development Program), Advisory Board Member of the Technology Innovation Institute's Propulsion and Space Research Center, and member of the Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned System (JARUS) Working Group 7 (Automation CONOPS). Additionally, he supervises PhD research projects funded by the Australian Cooperative Research Centre for Intelligent Satellite Systems (SmartSat CRC) and by the Food Agility CRC (digital technologies for the agrifood industry, using aerial robotics, electro-optical sensors and AI). In recent years, Sabatini has also contributed to the ICAO Drone Enable Initiative, the FAA New and Emerging Aviation Technologies (NEAT) Program, the NASA Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Ecosystem Working Groups, the FAA/NextGen Tech Talks Series, and the NASA/FAA UAS Traffic Management (UTM) Research Transition Team.

Fellowships

 * Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society
 * Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation
 * Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia
 * Fellow of the International Engineering and Technology Institute

Editorial Roles

 * Editor, Progress in Aerospace Sciences
 * Editor, IEEE Press Series on Aeronautics and Astronautics Systems
 * Section Editor-in-Chief, Robotics (Aerospace Robotics and Autonomous Systems)
 * Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
 * Associate Editor, Aerospace Science and Technology
 * Associate Editor, Journal of Navigation
 * Associate Editor, Aerospace
 * Associate Editor, Robotica

Awards and honours

 * Outstanding Technical Panel of the Year Award - IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (2022)
 * Distinguished Leadership Award - Aviation/Aerospace Australia (2021)
 * Scientist of the Year - Australian Defense Industry Awards (2019)
 * Professorial Scholarship - Northrop Grumman Corporation (2017)
 * Science Award - Sustainable Aviation Research Society (2016)
 * Arch T. Colwell Merit Award - Society of Automotive Engineering (2015)
 * Scientific Achievement Award - NATO Science and Technology Organization (2008)