Biografisk notat

Tamer Khatib is a full professor of photovoltaic power systems at An-Najah National University, Palestine. He holds a BSc degree in electrical power systems, an MSc degree and a PhD degree in photovoltaic power systems, and holds Habilitation (the highest academic degree in German speaking countries) in renewable and sustainable energy from Alpen Adria Universitat, Klagenfurt, Austria. Prof. Khatib has published 2 books and over 145 research articles on photovoltaic systems, and has been listed in the world’s top 2% of scientists according to the Stanford ranking. He has supervised more than 10 PhD students, 30 MSc students, and 50 BSc students in their research. He has acted as a consultant for over 57 megascale photovoltaic projects across at least eight countries. His research interests mainly fall in the scope of photovoltaic systems and solar energy fundamentals. Dhiaa Halbot Muhsen Dhiaa holds a B.Sc. degree in electrical Engineering from University of Baghdad, as well as a M.Sc. degrees in Computer and Control Engineering from Baghdad University. In addition he holds a Ph.D degree in Computer Engineering from University of Tenaga National, Malaysia. Currently he is lecturer in Computer Engineering department, Al-Mustansiriyah University. Dhiaa has done his Ph.D under the supervision of Associate Professor Dr. Tamer Khatib. His current research interests include modeling of Photovoltaics, modeling of PVPS, sizing of PVPS, Evolutionary Algorithms (EA), and Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) algorithms.