Summary
Stefano Galelli is an Associate Professor and researcher specializing in the optimal operation and resilience of large-scale water resources systems, currently leading the CRITICAL Infrastructure Systems Lab at Cornell after faculty roles at SUTD. With a PhD from Politecnico di Milano, he blends environmental engineering, real-time control and data-driven emulation to develop algorithms and software for water-system optimization applied at city and regional scales. His work has earned international awards (including Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Editor’s Choice and JWRPM Best Paper) and an Early Career Research Excellence prize, reflecting both methodological impact and practical relevance. Beyond academia, he has built production-ready tools and C++/MatLab implementations for variable selection and emulation modelling, a background that helps translate complex models into operational decision-support systems.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Information Technology, PhD, Information Technology at Politecnico di Milano
English, Portuguese