Regular biography
Mirko Kovac is an Adjunct Professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Department of CE. His research focuses on aerial robotics, environmental sensing, and sustainability robotics. He is the Director of the Laboratory of Sustainability Robotics, jointly appointed at EPFL and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa). His work involves developing mobile robotic systems for distributed environmental sensing and autonomous manufacturing in complex natural environments. Kovac holds an Honorary Professorship at Imperial College London and has contributed to over 120 peer-reviewed publications. He has delivered over 150 keynote lectures and serves on the editorial boards of several robotics journals.