Maria Padovan holds a double Ph.D. in History at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and Université Paris Cité. She is currently teaching at Bocconi University. She is also Scientific Secretary of the Committee on the History of Electricity and Energy - EDF Foundation and Associate Editor of the Journal of Energy History/Revue d'histoire de l'énergie (JEHRHE). She has been lecturer at EDHEC Business School in Paris. Her research examines the history of European nuclear industry adopting an interdisciplinary approach, and has been awarded with several grants, such as the scholarship of EDF Foundation and the Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Program of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.