**Massimiliano Luna**

Massimiliano Luna, Ph.D., is a permanent research scientist at the National Research Council of Italy (CNR). He obtained his Ph.D. in Energy Science (2009) and his M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering (2003) from the University of Palermo, Italy. His research has been mostly focused on Power Electronics and electrical drives, static and dynamic modeling of renewable sources, FPGAand DSP-based signal processing, and control and management of smart microgrids. He participated in ten research projects and is currently leading the following research projects for CNR: "Mission Innovation – MISSION (Smart, multi-vector and integrated microgrids to accelerate the energy transition) - LA1.7" and "NAUSICA (Efficient ships using innovative and low carbon technological solutions) - OR3". Furthermore, he holds two patents and has been the supervisor of the related technology transfer project. In 2021, he was visiting researcher at Universidad Politecnica de Madrid ´ (UPM) – Centro de Electronica Industrial (CEI) as a winner of the Short-Term Mobility competition ´ held by CNR. Dr. Luna co-authored more than 60 scientific papers in international journals and conferences, a book chapter, and two software applications. One of his co-authored papers won the Third Prize Paper Award 2020, recognized by the IEEE IAS Industrial Drives Committee; another was shortlisted for the Best Paper Award at the 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics. In addition, Dr. Luna serves as a reviewer for several journals and conferences and is a member of two Technical Committees of the IEEE and IMACS societies. Finally, he was called as an expert peer reviewer for the evaluation of research project funding on behalf of the Italian Ministry of University and Research.
