Dr. Andrea Menapace is a researcher in the field of hydraulics, hydrology, and energy, using numerical and data-driven techniques. He holds a PhD in Sustainable Energy and Technology at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bolzano, Italy. He is currently a Junior Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the Free University of Bolzano. His interests are numerical modelling of hydraulic and thermo-hydraulic distribution networks, optimization of hydraulic and energy systems, and data analysis of hydraulic, hydrology and energy problems with statistical and machine learning techniques.