Antonio Sanfilippo

Antonio Sanfilippo is chief scientist at Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), where he has led the energy management program and several projects funded by Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council since 2014. While atQEERI, he has managed the establishment of several renewable energy and smart grid capabilities that have become national points of reference for local and international stakeholders, including a nationwide network of solar monitoring stations, a 100 kWp microgrid testbed and a network of Phasor Measurement Units in Education City, Doha, Qatar. Prior to QEERI, he was chief scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the USA, where he was awarded the Laboratory Director's Award for Exceptional Scientific Achievement. He has also held positions as research director in the private sector, senior consultant at the European Commission, and research supervisor and group manager at SHARP Laboratories of Europe. He holds MA and MPhil degrees from Columbia University in the USA and a PhD from the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh in the UK.