Luca Papini received the bachelors (Hons.) and masters (Hons.) degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pisa, Italy, in 2009 and 2011, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Nottingham, U.K., in 2018. He has been a Research Assistant with the University of Nottingham, since 2013. He was JSPS Fellow in 2018 and 2019, Senior Researcher at the University of Pisa from 2019 until 2022 and is currently Associate Professor at the University of Pisa. His research interests include analytical and numerical modeling, analysis and testing of high-speed, high power density electric machines, machine control, multi-physics analysis and levitating systems.