Marija Popovic is a research scientist and robotics engineer-in-the-making based in London with a decade of technical experience and a PhD in Navigation and Control from ETH Zürich. She combines rigorous academic training in integrated mechanical and electrical engineering (MEng, University of Bath) with international formative education and top marks in competitive programs, reflecting strong analytical and systems-level thinking. Known as an innovative, independent learner and high achiever, she brings research-grade methods to building intelligent systems and has experience spanning control, navigation, and multidisciplinary engineering. Outside the lab she is a language enthusiast, photographer, and fitness fanatic, traits that inform a creative, disciplined approach to problem solving. An assistant professor at TU Delft according to her GitHub bio, she bridges academia and applied robotics, making her adept at translating cutting-edge research into practical solutions.
10 years of coding experience
International Baccalaureate Diploma, 44/45, International Baccalaureate Diploma, 44/45 at American International School in Abu Dhabi
SENSE Summer Programme, Engineering Module, 1.0/1.3, SENSE Summer Programme, Engineering Module, 1.0/1.3 at Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig
Master of Engineering (MEng), Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, First, Master of Engineering (MEng), Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, First at University of Bath
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Navigation and Control, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Navigation and Control at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Contributions:7 PRs, 29 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 8 months
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