Lorenz Meier

Dr. Lorenz Meier is the co-founder of Auterion and the founder of PX4, MAVLink, QGroundControl creator of the Pixhawk Autopilot project. He is a veteran of the drone industry with 10 years experience. He received his PhD (on drone software architecture) in 2017 from ETH Zurich. Lorenz has received several awards and fellowships for his work, including being recognised by MIT Technology Review as one of the top 35 Innovators under 35 in 2017, the ETH Pioneer Fellowship in 2016, Amazon Prime Air gift/fellowship 2014, Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship in 2012, ABB Industry Award in 2011, the 1st place in the EMAV 2009 indoor competition together with his team and the ETH Excellence and Opportunity Award in 2008. He was also named Digital Shaper in 2018.