Kamyar Mehran (Senior Member, IEEE) received the M.Sc. degree in control and automation and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., in 2010 and 2004, respectively.,He is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in electrical power engineering and the Director with the Real-Time Power and Control System Laboratory, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, U.K. He has the expertise and strong track record in developing novel control methodologies and condition monitoring systems for islanded dc microgrids, energy storage systems, and SiC-based power electronics with over 70 Q1 refereed publications, three book chapters, and an editorial position in the MDPI journal of Energies. He has an extensive experience in large collaborative industrial projects and attracted £2.46M of external funding (£927k as PI) supported by Innovate U.K., Royal Society, Newton fund, EPSRC, and industry. He also collected 8+ years of professional experience in the industry. He also acts as a reviewer for the EPSRC and several high-impact IEEE Transactions journals. He has been an invited speaker at several conferences and companies. From 2013 to 2015, he was a Research Fellow with the University of Warwick, U.K., and from 2010–2013, he was a Research Associate with Newcastle University. He also acted as a commercialization manager for a university spin-off company. Before his academic career, he worked for eight years in the industry in various software-related roles.