Dr. Lopes obtained his PhD from McGill University in 1996. He was an Associate Professor at Federal University of Para, Brazil, from 1996-2001. In 2002, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2002 at the rank of Associate Professor and has been a Professor since 2013. His present research interests are power electronics and distributed power generation.
He was a member of the NSERC Solar Buildings Research Network, leading subproject 3.2.a entitled “Development of Interconnection Technologies for Grid-Connected PV Systems”. He was a technical representative for Canada in Task 11 “PV Hybrid Systems within Mini-grids” of IEA-PVPS and the lead author of the report “PV Hybrid Mini-grids: Applicable control Methods for Various Situations.”
Dr. Lopes is a Member of the international advisory board of Efficacity, French Urban Energy Transition Institute, since February 2018. He is also a member of the Administration Board and of the Academic Committee of the Institut en Génie de l’Énergie Électrique (IGEE).
Dr. Lopes has supervised to completion 9 PhD students, 31 Master of Applied Science students and 95 Bachelor (final year capstone project) students. He has published about 40 journal papers and more than 130 conference papers.Dr. Lopes is a member of the Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ) and a senior member of the IEEE.