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Academia

Current Research

I am developing a decentralized framework for the Water-Energy Nexus where LLM-based agents act as autonomous negotiators to optimize resource allocation.

Research Interests

Macro Energy SystemsMulti-Agent SystemsLLM AgentsNegotiationElectricity MarketsWater-Energy Nexus

Publications & Papers

Work in Progress

Realistic Hydromodeling with GloFAS

Integrating Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) data to improve the realism of hydrological energy models.

Submitted to IFAC 2026

Distributed Multi-Agent Negotiation for Capacity Expansion Planning

Proposed a novel negotiation framework for decentralized grid planning.

IFAC SENSYS 2025Discussion Paper

A DCOP-Based Framework for Macro Energy System Planning

M.Sc. Thesis (2024)

Forecast-driven bidding strategies in the Finnish electricity markets

Awards & Service

PhD Representative, Information Technology

Politecnico di Milano | 2026

Startup Pitch Competition Co-Chair

NeurIPS 2025 | Mexico City
1

Top 5 Finalist - Marisa Bellisario Award 2025

Shortlisted for Italy's most prestigious award for women in STEM.

2

TU Delft Honours Programme - Leadership for Engineers (via ASP)

Selected for a one-week leadership course for engineers at TU Delft with 30 top European students.

3

Alta Scuola Politecnica (ASP)

Selected for the excellence interdisciplinary program for the top 150 students from PoliMi and PoliTo.

Academic Journey

Dec 2024 — Present

Researcher in energy systems modeling

CMCC Foundation

Modeling the energy-water-land nexus to improve infrastructure realism and decision-making for climate resilience.

Dec 2024 — Present

PhD Candidate in Information Technology

Politecnico di Milano
  • Supervisors: Francesco Amigoni, Marcello Restelli, Andrea Castelletti.
Selected PhD Courses
Ethics of AIScience DiplomacyInterpretability in MLTraction Grids
Nov 2024 — Dec 2024

Research Fellowship

Politecnico di Milano

Pre-doctoral research fellowship focused on energy system modeling.

Sep 2022 — Oct 2024

M.Sc. Computer Science & Engineering

Double Degree: PoliMi (110L) & Aalto University (Honours)
Selected Project: Structural Health Monitoring

Developed decision-making algorithms for bridge anomaly detection using AI (Alta Scuola Politecnica).

Sep 2019 - Sep 2022

B.Sc. Computer Science & Engineering

Politecnico di Milano (109/110)
CJavaSQL

Teaching & Supervision

ETH Zurich M.Sc. Thesis

2025/2026

Faculty Co-advisor

Topic: Demand Response Strategies for Climate Risk Mitigation.

PoliMi M.Sc. Thesis

2024/2025

Faculty Co-advisor

Topic: A Multi-Model Framework for Southern Africa's Energy Transition.