Brunilde joined the UCL Energy Institute in 2020 as a research fellow in socio-technical energy transitions. She uses System thinking approaches in interdisciplinary projects to bridge disciplines together, include diverse stakeholder's perceptions, reveal interconnected causal relationships and hidden feedback mechanisms in complex systems, and channel results to engage with and inform senior policy and industry decision makers. She is currently conducting an analysis of industries decarbonisation strategies and their socio-political drivers, to asses their potential in shaping future national energy transition pathways. Named "the political economy of sunset versus sunrise industries" the project is part of the multi-stakeholders UK industrial decarbonisation research and innovation centre (IDRIC), an initiative born from the UKRI-led industrial decarbonisation challenge.

Previous projects at the UCL include incorporating behavioural barriers and drivers of change in the UK residential sector in an Energy system model for the European led project NAVIGATE, and informing sustainable policy decision-making in achieving the 2050 Net Zero emission target in the UK through the O-STET project (operationalizing socio-technical energy transitions).

Before joining the UCL Brunilde worked at the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, on Corporate social responsibility in Mining and the mining-community interface. She used System Dynamics to model the complex causal relationships arising at the interface between mining operations, communities and the environment, and remains an honorary fellow at the SMI's Julius Kruttschnitt Minerals research centre (JKMRC).

She holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Environmental Management from the University of Strasbourg (Unistra). Her thesis focused on the association of Lean manufacturing and Environmental management as a way to help manufacturing industries cope with societal challenges and foster their business excellence. She also holds a Master of Science in Mechatronics from the Unistra.