**About the Editor**

## **Alex Zanotti**

Alex Zanotti, Ph.D., has been an Assistant Professor of Fluid Dynamics at Politecnico di Milano since 2016. He is the Scientific Coordinator of the Experimental Aerodynamics Laboratory of the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology of Politecnico di Milano. He obtained his M.Sc degree in Aerospace Engineering in 2006 and Ph.D in Rotary Wing Aircrafts in 2012 from Politecnico di Milano. He is an aerodynamics specialist and his main research interest is rotorcraft aerodynamics with a particular interest in retreating blade dynamics stall control and blade vortex interactions. In recent years, he has been involved in aerodynamics and aeroacoustics investigations of innovative configurations for Urban Air Mobility vehicles such as eVTOL aircraft. He is responsible for the mid-fidelity aerodynamic solver DUST. He was involved in several EU-funded projects (FP6 and FP7, CleanSky and CleanSky2 programmes) regarding helicopter aerodynamics and tiltrotor aerodynamics. He is in charge of the chair of Fundamentals of Aerospace Engineering course at Bachelor Degree in Aerospace Engineering of Politecnico di Milano.
