Geza Joos

Geza Joos (M.Eng., Ph.D, McGill University, Canada) is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill University, since 2001, where he holds the NSERC/Hydro-Quebec Industrial Research Chair on the Integration of Renewable Energies and Distributed Generation into the Electric Distribution Grid since 2009, and the Canada Research Chair in Powering Information Technologies since 2004. His research activities are in the application of high-power electronics to electric power systems and power conversion, including distributed generation and renewable energy (wind energy). He held positions in industry (ABB Canada), and academia (Concordia University, École de technologie supérieure, Canada). His professional activities include consulting work in power electronics applications and power system operation. He is active in CIGRE, where he is Secretary of Study Committee C6, Active Distribution Systems and Distributed Energy Resources since 2017, and in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power and Energy Society, where is involved in standards activities since 2011, mostly related to microgrids controllers and DER management systems. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, Fellow of CIGRE, and Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Engineering Institute of Canada.