Maico Engelaar obtained his BSc degree in Mathematics from the University of Groningen in 2019 and his MSC degree in Applied Mathematics track Systems and Control from the University of Groningen, Cum Laude, in 2021. During his MSc degree, he worked on Realization Theory for Fixed Switched Linear Systems under the supervison of Associate Professor Stephan Trenn.

Maico Engelaar is a Doctoral Candidate at the Control Systems (CS) Group at the Department of Electrical Engineering. His current research is on the topic of Correct-by-design Estimation and Control of Partially Obserable Stochastic Systems, under the supervisor of Assistent Professor Sofie Haesaert and Associate Professor Mircea Lazar.