The Post Graduate Researchers’ (PGR) Network is a group of PhD students and Early Career Researchers interested in robotics research from across the University of Leeds. As an executive of the Robotics at Leeds PGR network I aim to enhance collaboration between students at the University of Leeds and beyond, through the organisation of education, outreach and networking events.

After obtaining a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Malta, I decided to refine my research skills as well as obtain valuable work experience by working as research intern at the University of Malta. During the duration of this internship I formed part of the MEMENTO project group where some of my responsibilities included: PCB design, system performance evaluation and microcontroller and embedded systems programming .

Through the help of the student organization IAESTE I was able to participate in a student internship at NAKANO and TANEMURA Laboratory at the University of Tokyo. During this internship I worked on Compressive Sensing for Ghost Imaging applications.

To satisfy the need to learn more about the life of an engineer in Malta, I joined the University Engineering Student Association (UESA), where I held the post of International Officer for the 2017-18 academic year.Throughout this scholastic year of 2017/18 I also represented UESA in the European Young Engineers (EYE), which eventually led to the hosting of EYE Malta conference in October 2018.