THEMATIC AREAS

• SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PRODUCTION AND STORAGE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY
  • Electrochemical Storage;
• APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGIES AND INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY – SMART ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
  • Electrochemical storage systems;
  • FC Systems;
  • Power to gas system;
  • Smart grid

EDUCATION

• 2010, Electronic Engineering
• 2014, PhD in “Advanced Technologies for Optoelectronics, Photonics, and Electromagnetic Modeling”

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2014-2015 Research Grant: Development of innovative converters and algorithms for the efficiency of energy produced from photovoltaic sources (distributed MPPT DC/DC converters) coupled with storage systems, low-cost networks and sensors for monitoring and controlling photovoltaic systems, design and implementation of energy management algorithms.
• 2016-2018 Research Grant: Research activities (characterization and performance testing) on innovative storage systems (batteries, supercapacitors) for stationary and automotive applications, testing activities on BMS (Battery Management System). Development and testing of a hybrid SOFC-Na/NICl2 battery system for powering base radio stations.
• 2018-2021 Researcher TD: Design and implementation of an integrated photovoltaic/electrochemical storage system for managing an energy community through ‘energy sharing’ logics to combat poverty. Development of a hybrid thermal/electric storage system for residential applications. Research activities on innovative storage systems at 12 – 48 V for automotive applications (Micro-Mild Hybrid). Development of optimization algorithms for the location of power to gas (P2G) plants.
• 2021-2022 Research Grant: Design, modeling, and implementation of a high-efficiency bifacial photovoltaic panel. Development of a tool for the optimal location of Power to Gas plants in Italy. Characterization, modeling, and development of a hybrid system consisting of lithium batteries (LTO technology) and AORFB (Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battery) batteries for the implementation of advanced network services. Characterization and development of innovative cooling systems (using PCM, Phase Change Materials) for electrochemical systems.
• 2022-2023 Researcher TD: Development and characterization of electrochemical systems for the production and storage of electrical energy and hydrogen, modeling of system components for the production and storage of electrical energy and hydrogen, development of a hybrid storage system to be installed in 3 operational cases to support the electrical grid for the provision of network services. Design and implementation of advanced energy management logics in smart grids.
• 2023 PNRR Researcher TD: Development of innovative microsensors for storage systems, development of a tool for estimating the state of health and predicting the remaining useful life of electrochemical storage systems.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

• Participation in research projects in the ERC sectors: PE1, PE6, PE7, PE8.
• Development and characterization of storage systems. Development of test protocols and test benches for experimental tests.
• Development of fuel cell systems, power to gas (electrolyzers), hybrids, and integration within energy grid.
• Development of data analysis and post-processing techniques, features extraction, machine learning.
• Development of energy systems, system architectures, control and energy management algorithms.
• Design and implementation of electronic and electrical systems serving experimental electrical energy production systems.
• Development of software dedicated to modeling, algorithm implementation, energy system optimization, in various development environments (Python, C, C++, Java, Matlab, Comsol, etc.).
• Development of systems and algorithms for the realization of smart grids capable of participating in the network services market, energy communities, networks attentive to social aspects (to combat energy poverty), optimization of networks according to internal logics.