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António Nunes holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon. He is currently pursuing a PhD in the same field of study at the Institute for Systems and Robotics, IST, where he previously served as a research fellow, under a scholarship financed by LARSys and NEURASPACE. His master’s thesis received the 2025 IEEE Portugal "Outstanding MSc Thesis Award" and was distinguished by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at IST, in 2025, as one of the best of its academic year. His research interests include nonlinear control, orbital mechanics, and nonlinear optimization applied to the control of autonomous spacecraft in multi-body environments.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
ANTÓNIO MARIA WERGIKOSKY NUNES

Citation names

  • Nunes, António

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
241C-DDAB-BC7F
ORCID iD
0009-0003-7470-3163

Email addresses

  • antonio.w.nunes@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Automation and Control Systems
  • Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering - Aerospace Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2025/09/01 - 2030/08/31
Ongoing
 Doctoral Programme in Aerospace Engineering (Doctorate)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022/01/09 - 2024/11/18
Concluded
 Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering (Master's Degree)
Major in Espaço
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Orbital Station-Keeping in the Circular and Elliptic Restricted Three-Body Problems" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2023/09/05 - 2024/01/26
Concluded
 Space Engineering Course - Erasmus Program (Others)
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
2019/09/01 - 2022/07/28
Concluded
 Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering (Licenciate Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 18
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2025/02/01 - 2025/09/01 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2023/05/04 - 2023/07/14 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2025/02/01 - 2026/08/31 LARSyS - Laboratory of Robotics and Engineering Systems
10.54499/LA/P/0083/2020
10.54499/UIDP/50009/2020
10.54499/UIDB/50009/2020
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

NEURASPACE Project (PRR)
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Nunes, António; Brás, Sérgio; Batista, Pedro. "A Floquet Mode LQR for Orbital Station-Keeping in Cislunar Space". Paper presented in 2026 European Control Conference, 2026.
    Accepted • 10.48550/arXiv.2606.14426
  2. Nunes, António; Batista, Pedro; Brás, Sérgio. "Orbital Station-Keeping in the Earth-Moon System via Nonlinear Backstepping". Paper presented in IEEE 19th International Conference on Control & Automation (ICCA), 2025.
    10.1109/icca65672.2025.11129781
Journal article
  1. Nunes, António; Brás, Sérgio; Batista, Pedro; Xavier, João. "Designing trajectories in the Earth-Moon system: a Levenberg-Marquardt approach". Acta Astronautica 249 (2026): 337-357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.07.020.
    Open access • Published • 10.48550/arXiv.2510.18474
  2. Nunes, António; Brás, Sérgio; Batista, Pedro. "Nonlinear backstepping with saturation for low-thrust station-keeping of libration point orbits". Acta Astronautica 248 (2026): 324-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.06.004.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.06.004
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Orbital Station-Keeping in the Circular and Elliptic Restricted Three-Body Problems". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2024. https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/cursos/meaer21/dissertacao/2535628432474185.
Activities

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021 - 2022 Semana Aeroespacial, AeroTéc, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa Member of the Logistics and Development team
2020 - 2022 Rocket Experiment Division, AeroTéc, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa Member of the Electronics and Recovery teams / Participation in the EuRoc european rocketry competition

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021 - 2022 Student Mentoring program at Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa New students at IST
Distinctions

Award

2025 Outstanding Master Thesis Award
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal
2025 IEEE Portugal - Outstanding MSc Thesis Award
IEEE Portugal, Portugal

Other distinction

2024 Diploma of Academic Excellence
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023 Diploma of Academic Merit
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022 Diploma of Academic Excellence
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021 Diploma of Academic Merit
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020 Diploma of Academic Merit
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal