Leopoldo Rodriguez Salazar (PhD, MSc) has a BSc in Mechatronics from Monterrey Institute of Technology (Mexico), an MSc in Aerospace Vehicle Design – Avionics from Cranfield University (U.K.), and a PhD in Robotics from the University of Seville (Spain), supervised by Prof. A. Ollero. He is experienced in trajectory optimization and path planning for unmanned and manned aerial vehicles and for autonomous driving applications. He is also experienced in control systems design for both aerospace and automotive applications. He currently leads the path planning and motion control software team within the Autonomous Driving organisation in Jaguar Land Rover. His past experience include trajectory generation, flight control, and navigation and guidance software development for General Electric Aviation, and powertrain control software development for Ford Motor Company. Leopoldo has had more than twenty articles published in high–impact journals and conferences on path planning, trajectory generation, collision avoidance, and trajectory control. Over the course of his postgraduate studies, he was awarded an EU Marie Sklodowska–Curie Actions (MSCA) Fellowship, a Santander Grant, and a Mexican Science and Technology Council grant.
Dr. Leo Rodriguez 