He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the same university in 1999 and obtained his PhD in wind energy from Delft University of Technology in 2007. Before joining the University of Malta in 2003, Tonio worked for Air Malta as an aircraft maintenance engineer. He has taught fluid mechanics, hydrodynamics and renewable energy. His main research areas include wind turbine aerodynamics, floating wind turbines, wind resource estimation, hydraulic-based energy transmission and offshore storage. He is presently leading the FLASC project which involves a new and patented offshore floating energy storage concept (www.offshoreenergystorage.com).