Biographical note

Mohammadreza Daneshvar, PhD, is an Assistant Professor, founder and head of the Laboratory of Multi-Carrier Energy Networks Modernization at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran. Prior to that, he was a postdoctoral research fellow in the field of modern multi-energy networks at the Smart Energy Systems Lab of the University of Tabriz for two years. He obtained his MSc and PhD degrees in Electrical Power Engineering from the University of Tabriz, all with honors. He has (co)authored more than 50 technical journal and conference articles, 10 books, 28 book chapters, and 10 national and international research projects in the field. Dr. Daneshvar is a member of the Editorial Board of the Energy and Built Environment Journal and the Early Career Editorial Board of the Sustainable Cities and Society Journal. He also served as the guest editor for the Sustainable Cities and Society, and Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments journals. Moreover, he serves as an active reviewer with more than 120 top journals, and was ranked among the top 1% of reviewers in Engineering and Cross-Field based on Publons global reviewer database. His research interests include Smart Grids, Transactive Energy, Energy Management, Renewable Energy Sources, Integrated Multi-Energy Systems, Grid Modernization, Electrical Energy Storage Systems, Sustainable Cities and Society, Microgrids, Energy Hubs, Machine Learning and Deep Learning, Digital Twin, and Optimization Techniques and AI. Dr. Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo, PhD, is a Professor of sector coupling in energy systems at LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland. He has a mix of high-level experience in research, teaching, administration and voluntary jobs at the national and international levels. He was PI or CO-PI in more than 20 externally funded research projects including grants from EU Horiozn and Business Finland. He is a Senior Member of IEEE since 2017 and a Member of the Governing Board of Iran Energy Association since 2013, where he was elected as President in 2019. He is Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and IEEE Transactions of Transportation Electrifications. His main areas of interest are integrated energy systems, sector coupling, renewable energies, energy storage systems, microgrids, and smart grids. Dr. Kazem Zare, PhD, SMIEEE received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, in 2000 and 2003, respectively, and Ph.D. degree from Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, in 2009. Currently, he is a Professor of the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tabriz. His research areas include distribution networks operation and planning, power system economics, microgrid and energy management. Amjad Anvari-Moghaddam PhD, SMIEEE, received the Ph.D. degree (Hons.) in Power Systems Engineering from the University of Tehran, in 2015. He is currently an Associate Professor and the vice leader of PESYS and iGRIDS research groups at the Department of Energy (AAU Energy), Aalborg University, where he is also the coordinator for the Integrated Energy Systems Laboratory (IES-Lab). He has published more than 200 technical articles, 4 books, and 8 book chapters. His research interests include planning, control, and operation management of microgrids, renewable/hybrid power systems, and integrated energy systems with appropriate market mechanisms. He was a recipient of the 2020 DUO-India Fellowship Award, the DANIDA Research Fellowship grant from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, in 2018, the IEEE-CS Outstanding Leadership Award 2018 (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), and the 2017 IEEE-CS Outstanding Service Award (Exeter-UK).