I received the B.S. degree in physics and the B.E. degree (with honors) in electrical and electronic engineering and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, in 1996 and 2001, respectively.

I have been the Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engieering since February 2017. From 2003 until 2017, I was affiliated with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne.
I was a Visiting Scholar with the University of California, San Diego in 2007, and a Visiteur Scientifique at IFP Energies Nouvelles, Paris in 2012. From 2010-14, I was an Australian Research Council Future Fellow.

I hold Associate Editor roles for Elsevier Control Engineeering Practice, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics and Elsevier Mechatronics. I am a Senior Member of the IEEE as well as a Member of the IEEE and IFAC Technical Committees on Automotive Control.