Daniele Groppi is associate professor at Sapienza University. Daniele Groppi obtained his PhD in Sapienza University of Rome with a thesis entitled "The role of sector coupling in planning the transition of a smart energy island". His research fields are energy planning, energy systems modelling and design. Within his Ph.D. project, he analysed Smart Energy Systems in order to increase the RES penetration of energy island systems by fully exploiting the synergies offered by sector coupling and demand side management solutions aiming at an optimal energy use. He has been collaborating in several succesful national and EU funded projects. Results of his work have been published in more than 55 papers in Scopus database leading to a h-index of 25.