RESEARCH AREA: TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE TRANSFORMATION AND STORAGE OF THERMAL ENERGY FROM RENEWABLES + APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGIES AND INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY – FLEXIBLE ENERGY SYSTEMS
EDUCATION:
- 2019-2023: Doctor of Philosophy Ph.D and Doctor Europaneus. PhD in “Energy and Information Technologies”, curriculum: “Fisica tecnica e Ingegneria nucleare”, sector: “Fisica tecnica ambientale – ING-IND/11”. Primary location: University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Venue for the period 01/2022-11/2022: Catalonia Energy Research Institute-IREC, Barcelona, Spain.
- 2017-2019: Master’s Degree in Energy and Nuclear Engineering, LM 30, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 12/2024-on going: Researcher at CNR, National Research Council, Institute of Advanced Technologies for Energy “Nicola Giordano” (ITAE), Messina, 98126, Italy.
- 03/2024-12-2024: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at CNR, National Research Council, Institute of Advanced Technologies for Energy “Nicola Giordano” (ITAE), Messina, 98126, Italy.
- 02/2024-09/2024: Research collaborator within the COST action n. CA19126 – Positive Energy Districts European Network (PED-EU-NET).
- 09/2023-09/2024: Freelance consulting activity carried out for JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH. Institute LIFE – Research Group International Climate Policy and Economics, Graz, Austria.
- 07/2023-08/2023: Researcher at JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH. Institute LIFE – Research Group International Climate Policy and Economics, Graz, Austria.
- 06/2020-ongoing: Participant in the IEA EBC Annex 83 Working Group “Positive Energy Districts (PED)” of the International Energy Agency
- 07/19 Curricular internship carried out at ENEA, Palermo, Italy.
RESEARCH: Research activity on thermal energy conversion and storage systems for residential applications in a TRL range from 4 to 7 both in the medium-term and long-term storage. Energy flexibility potential of innovative systems and concepts for thermal energy storage (novel PCM and TCM energy storage systems, building thermal mass). Research activity related to the integrated and sustainable design of Positive Energy Districts.