Overview
Francesco Tonini is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Politecnico di Milano, in the Department of Energy, and Co-founder of eNextGen S.r.l, Spin-off by Politecnico di Milano.
His research activity focuses on bridging the gap between scientific analysis and decision makers to foster the evidence-based policy and strategy making. Within this field he collaborates with Italian energy companies and NGOs.
As far as teaching experience, Francesco is assistant professor for the MSc course “Thermoeconomics and Energy Modelling” at Politecnico di Milano and lecturer for several specializing master courses held by the Departement of Energy. He actively conducted as lecturer and project manager several capacity building and training activities financed by national and international institutions in Ethiopia, Tunisia, Kenya and Tanzania.
His PhD thesis was awarded with the CeTAmb Prize for appropriate technologies for sustainable development in countries with limited resources; his PhD research activity was awarded by the Enel Foundation Fellowship; his Master thesis was awarded with the Altero Matteoli memorial price.