Stefano Chiaverini was born in Naples, Italy, in 1961. He received the Laurea degree and the Research Doctorate degree in electronic engineering from the University of Naples, Naples, Italy, in 1986 and 1990, respectively.
From 1990 to 1998, he was with the Department of Computer and Systems Engineering of the University of Naples. He is currently an Associate Professor of Automatic Control in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Cassino, Cassino, Italy. His research interests include manipulator inverse kinematics techniques, redundant manipulator control, force/motion control of manipulators, cooperative robot manipulation, and underwater robotics. He has published about 100 journal and conference papers and he is co-editor of the book Complex Robotic Systems (London, U.K.: Springer-Verlag, 1998).
Dr. Chiaverini is currently serving as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation.