Vincenzo Trovato is an Associate Professor at University of Trento, Italy and an Honorary Research Fellow at Imperial College London, UK. Previously he was Policy Officer at EU ACER, Research Engineer at EDF Energy R&D U.K. Centre and Research Associate at Imperial College London where he obtained the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering. He also owns a M.Sc. Degree in Electrical Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Italy and a B.Sc. Degree in Electrical Engineering from Politecnico di Bari, Italy. His current research is focused on modeling and optimization of economic and security performance of energy system operation and investment, including analysis of future energy markets to support cost-effective transition to smart low carbon energy future.