Dr Alexander Lanzon is a Reader in Control Engineering at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the Autonomous Systems Theme Leader at the Aerospace Research Institute, both at the University of Manchester.

Before joining the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester in December 2006, Alexander held academic positions at the School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, and the Australian National University, Australia. Dr Lanzon also received earlier research training at Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia and industrial training at ST-Microelectronics Ltd., Malta, and Yaskawa Denki Tokyo Ltd., Japan. In Australia, Alexander held also the position of senior research scientist at National ICT Australia Ltd.

Dr Lanzon is a Fellow of the IET, a Senior Member of the IEEE and the AIAA.