Biographical note

Baseem Khan, PhD, is a faculty member at Hawassa University, Ethiopia. His research interests include power system restructuring, power system planning, smart grid technologies, metaheuristic optimization techniques, reliability analysis of renewable energy systems, power quality analysis, and renewable energy integration.

Om Prakash Mahela, PhD, is Assistant Engineer with the Power System Planning Division of Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd., India. He was formerly Assistant Professor with the Rajasthan Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jaipur, India. He has authored more than 100 research articles and book chapters. His research interests include power quality, power system planning, grid integration of renewable energy sources, FACTS devices, transmission line protection, and condition monitoring. He has received awards and honors for his work and was named an outstanding reviewer by Elsevier.

Hassan Haes Alhelou, PhD, is a faculty member with Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria, and is also a Senior Researcher at the University College Dublin, Ireland. He is included in the 2018/2019 Publons list of the top 1% best reviewers and researchers in the field of engineering. He has published over 120 research papers in journals and international conferences. He has received awards for his work as a reviewer (providing over 600 reviews for IEEE journals and others) as well as a Best Young Researcher in the Arab Student Forum Creative.

Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University in Esbjerg, Denmark. His research work is focused on power electronics (multi-phase/multilevel converters). He is an editorial board member and associate editor of several IEEE journals and others. Dr. Padmanaban is a Charted Engineer.