Amalia Ercoli Finzi

Amalia Ercoli Finzi, born in 1937, is Honorary Professor at Politecnico di Milano. In this same institution, she previously held responsibility roles, being Director of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Full Professor of Aerospace Mechanics at the Aerospace Engineering Faculty.

For over 30 years she has been a key player in the Space Flight Dynamics field, giving a meaningful contribution in several space research areas, such as: space mission design, attitude control, rendez-vous and docking manoeuvres, control of large space structures and micro-gravity experiments.