Diana Neves is an Assistant Professor at the Mechanical Department of Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa. She has a PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems (MIT-Portugal Program), University of Lisbon (2016), a MSc degree in Energy and Environmental Engineering (2009) and a licentiate in Meteorology, Oceanography and Geophysics (2007) from the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon. Since 2016, she affiliated with IN+ Centre for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, LARSyS, developing research in renewable technology integration and deployment, energy systems planning and modelling, exploring the technical and economic impact of decentralized solar energy, demand response and energy storage. Diana applies a holistic approach to carbon-neutral power systems, increasingly developing sustainable energy strategies for the energy transition. Namely, by focusing on the interaction of different energy trading paradigms, renewable energy communities and policy implications. She is the co-author of 24 international peer-review papers in the most relevant journals in the Energy field, reporting an h-index of 21, and more than 1000 citations. In the meantime, she co-supervised more than 25 MSc students and 2 PhD students. She has also taught as an invited lecturer for both MSc and PhD courses. In the last 7 years, she has also acted as a reviewer for 17 international peer-review journals, and 3 international conferences. Proof of scientific independence, Diana has led several project funding applications as Principal Investigator for National (FCT, FLAD Science Award) and international funding (ERC grants, AXA Science Research Fund, La Caixa foundation), as well has developed international (MIT, US; KTH, Sweden; UV, Spain; UCL, UK; UEM, Mozambique) and national (FCUL; UC; INESC) collaborations. She is also the developer of the urban socio-economic metabolism platform MetaExplorer http://metaexplorer.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/ Out of curiosity, Diana competed on the London 2012 Olympic Games in Sailing.