Francesco Maria Pepe received a bachelor’s degree in energy engineering and MSEE degree from the Sapienza University of Rome in 2013 and 2016, respectively. He joined Terna Rete Italia SpA in 2016 as a substation engineer, dealing mainly with power transformers, synchronous condensers and on-line monitoring systems. Pepe is a member of Italian Electrotechnical Committee TC 14 (transformers) and a CIGRÉ Young Member.