Patrícia Baptista received the Chemistry degree in 2006 and the Ph.D. degree in Sustainable Energy Systems within the MIT Portugal Program in 2011 from Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal. She is currently an Assistant Researcher at IN+ Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, IST.
Her main research topics have been on the quantification of energy and environmental impacts of alternative options for the transportation sector and on how information and communication technologies can help characterizing vehicle use and influencing driver behavior to promote energy efficiency and road safety.​

Research areas
  • Energy and environmental fleet impacts
  • Life-cycle assessment
  • ​Driver behavior and feedback
  • Vehicle monitoring
  • Electric mobility
  • Policy analysis

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