Filomena Pietrapertosa holds a M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering (2000) and a Ph.D. in Methods and Technologies for Environmental Monitoring (2004). She has been a Senior Researcher at the National Research Council—Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (CNR-IMAA) since 2005. She has strong experience as an energy systems modeler implementing analysis with the MARKAL/TIMES model generators at local and national scales. Her research interests include climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies at the urban scale, energy efficiency measures, renewable energy, and awareness-raising strategies. She acted as a scientific expert in several European research projects on low-carbon energy transition, climate change adaptation, capacity-building, and transferring knowledge to local authorities. She is a Selected Expert Evaluator for the European Commission (Horizon Europe, H2020), the International German Federal Ministry of Education and Research—BMBF, the Latvian Council of Science, and the National Science Centre of Poland.