Fabianna Bacil is a PhD fellow at UNU-MERIT/Maastricht University. Her thesis focuses on economic development opportunities linked to green hydrogen deployment in emerging countries. She has previously worked at UNCTAD on topics related to innovation and technology and at the UNDP on projects regarding social development in Global South countries.

She has an MPhil from the University of Cambridge (UK) and a B.A. in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and a B.A. in International Affairs from the Fluminense Federal University (Brazil)