Prof. Ebrahim Babaei received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Tabriz, in 2007. In 2007, he joined the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tabriz. His current research interests include the analysis, modelling, design, and control of Power Electronic Converters and their applications, Renewable Energy Sources, and FACTS Devices.

Prof. Babaei has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Electrical Engineering of the University of Tabriz, since 2013. He is also currently an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. He has been the Corresponding Guest Editor for different special issues in the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

In addition, Prof. Babaei has been the Track Chair, organizer of different special sessions and Technical Committee member in most important international conferences organized in the field of Power Electronics. Several times, he was the recipient of the Best Researcher Award from the University of Tabriz. Prof. Babaei has been included in the Top One Percent of the World’s Scientists and Academics according to Thomson Reuters’ list in 2015, 2016 and 2017.