Our Team

Giuliana Mattiazzo
FULL PROFESSOR
Director of the Research Center

Mauro Bonfanti
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (RTDA)
Numerical modeling, optimization
and experimental studies of Hydraulic PTOs for wave energy devices

Fabio Carapellese
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (RTDA)
Design of an Omni-directional Wave
Energy Converter, numerical
modeling and dynamic

Pietro Casalone
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Hydrodynamic and
CFD modeler

Nicolás Faedo
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (RTDA)
Model reduction and
optimal control for Wave Energy Converters

Giuseppe Giorgi
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (RTDA)
Nonlinear hydrodynamic modelling
and optimization of Wave Energy Converters

Emiliano Gorr
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Coastal oceanography for marine renewable

Edoardo Pasta
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (RTDA)
Control of Wave Energy Converters, application of data-driven techniques and machine learning strategies

Bruno Paduano
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (RTDA)
Numerical modeling, mooring
analysis and design for wave and
wind offshore systems

Sergej Antonello Sirigu
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (RTDA)
Numerical and experimental
modelling of wave energy
converters
PhD Students
PhD Candidate

Oronzo Dell'Edera
PhD STUDENT
Analysis and definition of extreme events related to sea states, CFD
analysis of devices under design

Alberto Ghigo
PhD STUDENT
Numerical modeling of
offshore wind turbines

Enrico Giglio
PhD STUDENT
Planning and operation
of high‐RES energy scenarios

Francesco Niosi
PhD STUDENT
Numerical modeling, mooring
analysis and CFD of WEC and
offshore wind system

Massimo Sirigu
PhD STUDENT
Structural and dynamic analysis of floating substructures for offshore wind turbines
III year PhD Students

Filippo Giorcelli
PhD STUDENT
Robust optimisation frameworks for wave energy converters

Claudio Moscoloni
PhD STUDENT
Decision-Making for energy systems
decarbonization

Guglielmo Papini
PhD STUDENT
Fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control for wave energy converters

Ermando Petracca
PhD STUDENT
Modelling and optimization of Offshore Wind & Wave Hybrid Platforms
II year PhD Students

Francesco Balestrieri
PhD STUDENT
High hydrodynamic efficiency boat design with hydrogen fueling

Caterina Carà
PhD STUDENT
Modelling the energy system at national level in an optimal configuration of renewable resources and storage for decarbonisation

Maria Luisa Celesti
PhD STUDENT
Modelling and control of Offshore Wind & Wave Hybrid Platforms

Carola Chicco
PhD STUDENT
Enviromental and impact assestment of offshore renewable energy systems

Lorenzo Dutto
PhD STUDENT
Development of an AI based optimization tool for offshore wind farm layout optimization and informed decision making

Leonardo Gambarelli
PhD STUDENT
Estimation and assessment of the offshore resources, spatial interpolation through satellite data

Davide Issoglio
PhD STUDENT
Offshore renewable energy underwater noise evaluation and mitigation strategies

Gabriele Mangia
PhD STUDENT
Fatigue behavior study on floating offshore wind turbines
I year PhD Students

Alessandro Brusasco
PhD STUDENT
Experimentation and validation of numerical models for
zero-emission propulsion in the nautical field

Francesco Callea
PhD STUDENT
In-situ and remote metocean data measurement procedures for Offshore Renewable Energy application

Anna Ceni
PhD STUDENT
Development of a Reference Water System for smaller Italian islands

Matteo Mastorakis
PhD STUDENT
Numerical analysis in CFD environment of an air-lubricated hull
Research Assistants

Abdul Basit
RESEARCH FELLOW
Satellite Earth Observation and Metocean Data Analyst for Offshore Renewable Energy

Viola De Clerck
RESEARCH FELLOW
Enanching the uptake of offshore wind potential in Mediterranean basin

Jacopo Ramello
RESEARCH FELLOW
Design, construction and testing of a lubrification system for boats

Letizia Pincetti
RESEARCH FELLOW
Environmental impact assessment of floating offshore structures

Gabriel Siqueira Machado
VISITING RESEARCHER
Modelling and optimization of OWCs for Offshore Wind & Wave Hybrid Platforms
Intern

Ardemia Acampora
INTERN
Optimization of a wind turbine blade for offshore applications in the Mediterranean Sea
Past members

PhD. Beatrice Battisti

Riccardo Barbera

Riccardo Caradonna

Marta Casassa

Domenico Castellano

Alessandro Cogo

Natalia Citarella

Lorenzo Cottura

PhD. Panagiotis Dafnakis

Luigi Di Paolo

PhD. Emilio Faraggiana

PhD. Beatrice Fenu

PhD. Marco Fontana

PhD. Giulia Cervelli

Sara Gigliotti

Michele Martini

Aju Menon

PhD. Facundo Mosquera

PhD. Riccardo Novo

Vincenzo Orlando

Pietro Pagnan

Luca Parrinello

PhD. Biagio Passione

Maurizio Ponzetta

PhD. Nicola Pozzi

PhD. Marcello Rava

PhD. Mattia Raffero

Magnus Schneider

Fabio Viotti
