Meet the editors

After 8 years of industrial experience and academic work in the electrical engineering and renewable energy fields, Prof. Majid Nayeripour was promoted to full professor in the field of microgrids in 2016. He was given a sabbatical from Shiraz University of Technology, Iran, and was invited to Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany, in January 2016. During his research there, he gained new experiences about problems relating

to high penetration levels of distributed generations and towards 100% renewable energy in Germany, and as a result he was awarded a fellowship program for an experienced researcher from the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation in 2017. Currently, he is at the Cologne University of Applied Science and is involved in research on the control and dynamic investigation of interconnected microgrids. He has published more than 120 journal and conference papers, four books, and supervised more than 10 research projects.

Mohammad Mahdi Mansouri was born in Yazd, Iran, in 1975. He received his BS degree in Electronic Engineering and MS degree in Electronic Power both from Sharif University of Technology at Power Electronics-STATCOM, as well as his PhD degree in Renewable Energy Systems from Doubly-Fed Induction Generator-Based Wind Turbines from Shiraz University of Technology. He has 20 years experience in high-voltage transmission substa-

tions and lines as a technical engineer, consultant, and executive project manager. His research interests include flexible alternating current transmission system devices, power quality, and power system protection. He currently conducts power electronics, power relay protection, and power quality projects as a consultant and project manager.

Eberhard Waffenschmidt (Prof. Dr. Ing.) received his degree in Electronic Engineering and his PhD degree from RWTH Technical University, Aachen, Germany. From 1995 to 2011, he was employed at Philips Research, Aachen, Germany, finally as a senior scientist. Since 2011, he has been Professor of Electrical Power Grids at TH Köln University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany. There, he participates with the Cologne Institute for

Renewable Energy (CIRE). He has been an IEEE member since 2005, meanwhile he became senior member of the same. He is currently Chairman of the Solarenergie-Förderverein Deutschland e.V. (SFV, Society to Promote Solar Energy Germany), Aachen, Germany. His current research interests include identifying and removing obstacles to achieve 100% use of renewable energy.
