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Dr. Ioannis Poulakakis received a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering and a MS in Automation Systems from NTUA, an MEng in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University, and an MS in Mathematics and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan. In 2009-2010 he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. In 2010 he joined the University of Delaware as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2016. Since 2023 he is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NTUA. He teaches courses in Robotics, Controls, Mechatronics, Circuits, and Electromechanical Systems. He is a Senior Editor of the International Journal of Robotics Research. He conducts research in robotics and control systems with an emphasis in humanoid and legged robots. He is the author or co-author of more than 80 papers (h-index 29). He is an IEEE Senior Member.