Marcello Pibiri

Marcello Pibiri serves as Senior Research Engineer at the Energy Resources
Center (ERC) an interdisciplinary public service, research, and special projects
organization that works to advance energy sustainability and improve the
environment, based out of the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois
Chicago. Marcello is the Program Manager of the Pollution Prevention (P2)
Technical Assistance Program, providing on-site technical assistance and
education to industrial plants in Chicago with an emphasis on plants located in
underserved communities and the Technical Education and Analysis for
Community Hauling and Anaerobic Digesters (TEACH AD), a program that helps
Water Resource Recovery Facilities by providing education and technical
assistance to explore the increased adoption of anaerobic digestion and
renewable energy biogas technologies. Marcello is the Principal Investigator for
the project# 5187 funded by the Water Research Foundation titled Beyond Net
Zero: Advancing Interdependencies between Utility Greenhouse Gas Emission
Reductions and Water-Energy-Food Nexus. Marcello as a member of the ERC’s
Energy Efficiency team supports several technical, energy, and environmental
initiatives at the ERC, conducting research and evaluating energy savings
opportunities for clients. Prior to joining the Energy Resources Center, Marcello
worked for several years in the project management of electrical and
technological installations. Marcello holds a Master’s Degree in Energy
Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Bachelor’s Degree in
Electrical Engineering from the Università degli Studi dell'Aquila in Italy.