Lea Heinrich is a Project Assistant in the Climate Area at the Florence School of Regulation since 2023, where she supports the LIFE COASE project.

Before joining FSR Climate, she worked in Brussels as a Policy Advisor at the European Association of Services of General Interest SGI Europe, representing German public employers and utilities. Before that, she gained professional experience in the European Parliament and policy consultancies.

Lea holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Université Libre de Bruxelles and a Bachelor’s degree in European Studies from Maastricht University. She speaks German, English and Italian.

Marie Missao Raude is a postdoctoral researcher in economics at the Florence School of Regulation Climate, where she works on the design and regulation of carbon markets. A key component of her work involves the analysis of EU Emissions Trading System data to monitor the system’s performance. She holds a PhD in Economics from Paris Nanterre University. Her doctoral research examines the functioning of the EU Emissions Trading System, with a particular focus on market microstructure and the behaviour of regulated firms and financial actors. Her research aims to contribute to a better understanding of how carbon markets can be designed to support effective and efficient climate policy.

Alessia Casamassima is an Academic Researcher at Florence School of Regulation (FSR) and she is involved in the CAPABLE project. She holds a PhD in Economics at the University of Bari (Italy). Her research is focused on Environmental decision-making, Energy economics, Energy Poverty, and Behavioural economics, considering individual aspects such as individual perception, public support, and individual preferences. Her works are based on the analysis of surveys at the European level.

Lena Kitzing is since September 2023 part-time Professor at FSR and teaches the course Regulation and Integration of Renewable Energy. She is full Professor of Energy Economics and Policy at the Technical University of Denmark, where she is also leading the multi-disciplinary Division of Wind Energy Systems. Her research spans across the energy-economy-society nexus and especially concerns the effective governance of energy systems through policy instruments, with particular focus on deployment and financing of renewables and their integration into the energy system. Lena is a leading expert in auction design for renewable energy procurement, contracts-for-difference design and the economics and policy for offshore wind energy. She has participated in and coordinated many international research projects. Lena is an experienced lecturer, having developed and conducted university courses at five different institutions. She supervises PhD students and Master thesis projects. Lena is a sought-after scientific advisor to public and private organisations, is regularly invited to key-note speeches and high-level events, and appears in the media on energy related issues. Since March 2022, Lena is member of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change, with a mandate by the European Climate Law to advise European policymakers and stakeholders on climate and energy related decisions (Climate-advisory-board.europa.eu).

Baptiste Alfano-Giacometti is responsible for the logistic and administrative support of the FSR team.

He holds a MPhil in Race, Ethnicity, Conflict from the Trinity College in Dublin (Ireland) and a Bachelor in Journalism from Tampere University (Finland).

Since graduating, he has worked in the NGO sector in Bruxelles (ERIO) and Rome (European Alternatives) as a project assistant. He subsequently worked as an administrative and scientific assistant for several EU agencies or bodies, the European Food Safety Authority (Parma), the European Investment Bank (Luxembourg) and the European Medicines Agency (London/Amsterdam).’

Marzia Sesini is the Research Team Leader – Molecules & Materials at the Florence School of Regulation (FSR), where she leads research activities on the decarbonisation of the energy system through the lens of gas, clean molecules, and critical raw materials. She is Director of the Loyola Autumn Research School – LARS and of the EU Gas ‎Network Codes course, and Co-Director of the Energy Markets and Regulation course.

Her research focuses on supply and value chains for decarbonised energy carriers and technologies, explored from multiple angles: security of supply, renewable and low-carbon gases, clean molecules, critical raw materials, cross-infrastructure integration, and distribution network optimisation modelling.

An engineer by training, Marzia has accrued extensive experience in the energy sector across academic and corporate settings. Prior to joining FSR, she worked at the Chaire Economie du Climat at Université Paris-Dauphine, the Institut Europlace de Finance, in the Corporate Strategy Department at Snam, at Bocconi University’s Department of Management and Technology, and at the Oxford Institute of Energy Studies (OIES).

She holds a Ph.D. in Process Systems Engineering from the Chemical Engineering Department at Imperial College London, where her research investigated the costs and political implications of shared and coordinated natural gas storage in the EU under supply/demand shocks. She also holds an M.S. in Sustainability Management from the Earth Institute at Columbia University and an M.S. in Engineering from Pavia State University.

Marina Cascella is an Executive Training Officer at the Florence School of Regulation. She has been working at FSR since September 2019, and she is responsible for planning, designing, and coordinating tailor-made, residential, and online training courses at the FSR.

Her role includes liaising with partners and organisation interested in developing training courses; coordinating with course directors and instructors for the training programme, and being the point of contact for participants, faculty, and staff for training.

She holds a Master Degree in International Relations from the University of Florence and a Master in Human Rights and Conflict Management from the School of Advanced Studies Sant’Anna. She has worked with several international organisations such as UNRWA, Amnesty International, Save the Children and the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights both as a programme officer – coordinating training courses and events – and as a social worker, focusing on human rights and migration.

Pietro Masini holds a Master’s degree in International Relations and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Florence. Before joining FSR, he gained over three years of professional experience at the European University Institute, where he held roles in both the Communications Service and the Department of Law. His experience includes coordinating international academic events, managing stakeholder communications, supporting high-profile conferences, and optimising event processes. His background combines expertise in event management, communications, and institutional administration within international and academic environments.