Biography

Dr Vahid Vahidinasab obtained the MSc and PhD degrees (with High Distinction) from Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2006 and 2010, respectively, all in electrical engineering. He was also a postdoctoral researcher at the school of Engineering of Newcastle University. He also founded the SOHA Smart Energy Systems Laboratory at SBU in 2015 and directed it for 3 years. He has demonstrated a consistent track record of attracting external funds and managed several industrial projects and closely worked with several large and complex national/international projects.

He is also the recipient of several International/National/Institutional Prizes. He is the recipient of the Iranian Young Professors Prize of the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology-National Elites Foundation. He was also endorsed as an Exceptional Talent in Electrical Engineering and received the prize from the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology-National Elites Foundation. He has won several other awards and honours, including the Best Thesis Award in Electrical Engineering (as a supervisor) from Iranian Smart Homes Festival, Acknowledged Thesis Award in Electrical Engineering (as a supervisor) from Iranian Society of Smart Grids, Distinguished Researcher of the Year in electrical engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology, and placing in the Top 0.1% of the nationwide universities entrance exam of Iran Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.

He was considered as one of the Outstanding Reviewers of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY. He is also the winner of the Publons Top Peer Reviewer Award in two consecutive years of 2018 and 2019 and has been placed in Top 1% Reviewers of engineering in 2018 and engineering and cross-field in 2019. He is also the Publons Top-Handling Editor of the IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution as well as the IET Smart Grid.

His research interest is threefold: (1) Integrated Energy Systems Operation and Planning; (2) Energy Markets and Transactive Energy, (3) Energy Systems Integration. More specifically, he has worked on the smart grids, microgrids, and active buildings design, operation and economics, and what he has been most interested in over the last years is the application of advanced optimisation and machine learning algorithms in these studies. Today, he works with the focus on the whole system approach to energy and works on a broader research portfolio with the aim of clean energy systems integration into the power and energy systems, by considering flexibility and transactive energy markets as key elements. He has worked with international researchers on various interdisciplinary problems in power and energy systems, economics, optimization theory, and control theory.

Dr Vahidinasab is a research scientist with more than 15 years of experience in sustainable power and energy studies, 120+ publications in top rank and peer-reviewed journals and conferences and 1000+ citations. He has served as a Thesis Supervisor/Advisor for 78 students in the Electric Power Engineering (including 12 PhD, 40 MSc and 26 BSc students).

Dr Vahidinasab is a Senior Member of the IEEE, member of the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) as well as IEEE Smart Grid Society. He is a Member of Editorial Board and Associate Editor of the IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution as well as the IET Smart Grid, and also serves on the Steering Committees and Technical Program Committees of several international conferences in power and energy.

Besides his research and education experiences, he has more than six years of management experience in research and higher education institutes including Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Management and Resources Development and Member of Executive Board, Niroo Research Institute (NRI), Head of Research Office (NRI) and Secretary of Research Council, and Director of Education Office and Secretary of Education Council of ASE at SBU. He also served as a Board Member and Head of Research and Education Committee of Iranian Society of Smart Grids.

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ORCiD: 0000-0002-0779-8727
RG: F-3602-2014
Scopus Author: 23483160600
Publons: a/1492696
Linked-in: vahid-vahidinasab-a2b286a3
WoS ResearcherID: F-3602-2014