Our Team

Giuliana Mattiazzo

FULL PROFESSOR
Director of the Research Center

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Giovanni Bracco

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Project manager




Ermanno Giorcelli

CONFIRMED RESEARCHER
Senior researcher

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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

Nicolás Faedo

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

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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
Control of Wave Energy Converters, application of data-driven techniques and machine learning strategies

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Bruno Paduano

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

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Sergej Antonello Sirigu

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (RTDA)
Numerical and experimental
modelling of wave energy
converters

Last year PhD Students

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Pietro Casalone

PhD STUDENT
Hydrodynamic and
CFD modeler


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Giulia Cervelli

PhD STUDENT
Estimation of wave
energy resource


III year PhD Students

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Oronzo Dell'Edera

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

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Alberto Ghigo

PhD STUDENT
Numerical modeling of
offshore wind turbines


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Enrico Giglio

PhD STUDENT
Planning and operation
of high‐RES energy scenarios


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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

II 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


I 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


Research Assistants

Riccardo Barbera

RESEARCH FELLOW
Co-design control for wave energy conversion systems


Abdul Basit

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

Alessandro Brusasco

RESEARCH FELLOW
Experimentation and validation of numerical models for zero-emission propulsion in the nautical field

Anna Ceni

RESEARCH FELLOW
Development of a Reference Water System for smaller Italian islands.


Mattia Glorioso

RESEARCH FELLOW
Chief for experimental research




Matteo Mastorakis

RESEARCH FELLOW
Numerical analysis in CFD environment of an air-lubricated hull


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


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Marco Serra

RESEARCH FELLOW
Wave energy experimental testing


Viola De Clerck

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


Intern

Ardemia Acampora

INTERN
Optimization of a wind turbine blade for offshore applications in the Mediterranean Sea

Our research is supported by Journal Articles and Conferences.
The result of years of study in scientific and academic research developed by professors, researchers, PhD student and fellow

Past members

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PhD. Beatrice Battisti

Riccardo Caradonna

Marta Casassa

Domenico Castellano

Alessandro Cogo

Natalia Citarella

Lorenzo Cottura

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PhD. Panagiotis Dafnakis

Luigi Di Paolo

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PhD. Emilio Faraggiana

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PhD. Beatrice Fenu

PhD. Marco Fontana

Sara Gigliotti

Michele Martini

Aju Menon

PhD. Facundo Mosquera

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PhD. Riccardo Novo

Vincenzo Orlando

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Pietro Pagnan

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Luca Parrinello

PhD. Biagio Passione

Maurizio Ponzetta

PhD. Nicola Pozzi

PhD. Marcello Rava

PhD. Mattia Raffero

Magnus Schneider

Fabio Viotti

PhD. Giacomo Vissio