Samuel Carrara (Bergamo, Italy, 19/05/1982) holds a Bachelor and a Master Degree cum laude in Mechanical Engineering (Major: Energy and Mechanical Plants) and a PhD in Energy and Environmental Technologies, all from the University of Bergamo, Italy. After working as an energy engineer in the gas turbine field, in 2011 he joined Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), an Italian research institute in the field of climate change and sustainable development, where he worked as an energy modeller until 2019. In early 2016 he was granted a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship by the European Commission, jointly developed at the University of California, Berkeley and at FEEM. His research project was titled “MERCURY – Modeling the European power sector evolution: low-carbon generation technologies (renewables, CCS, nuclear), the electric infrastructure and their role in the EU leadership in climate policy” (www.mercury-energy.eu). In 2019, he joined the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Petten, the Netherlands (Directorate C: Energy, Transport and Climate – Unit C.7: Knowledge for the Energy Union), where he carries out technical and policy analyses on raw materials and supply chains, mainly focusing on technologies for the green and digital transition.