Dr. Babak Nahid-Mobarakeh (IEEE M’05–SM’12–F’22) received the HDR (habilitation) and PhD degrees in electrical engineering with the highest distinction from the University of Lorraine, Nancy, France, in 2012, and from the Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, Nancy, France, in 2001, respectively.

From 2001 to 2006, he worked at the Centre de Robotique, Électrotechnique et Automatique at the University of Picardie, Amiens, France. In September 2006, he joined the École Nationale Supérieure d’Électricité et de Mécanique, University of Lorraine, Nancy, where he served as a Professor until December 2019.

Since January 2020, he has been a Professor at McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. Dr. Nahid has authored or co-authored over 300 international peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, along with four book chapters. He has received several IEEE awards and holds 28 published patents.

Dr. Nahid has chaired multiple conferences focused on the control and electrification of transportation systems. Additionally, he served as an executive officer and later as the chair of the Industrial Automation and Control Committee (IACC) of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) from 2012 to 2019. He also held the positions of IACC Committee Administrator and Technical Committee Paper Review Chair at IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications.

Currently, he is the Chair of the IEEE Power Electronics Society Technical Committee on Electrified Transportation Systems (PELS TC4), having served as the Vice Chair from 2020 to 2024. Furthermore, he is an Area Editor for IEEE Trans. on Transportation Electrification.

Additionally, he is a member of the Power Electronics and Motion Control (PEMC) Council and chairs the PEMC Awards Committee. Dr. Nahid’s primary research interests include nonlinear and robust control design for power converters and motor drives, fault detection and fault-tolerant control of electric systems, as well as the design, control, and stabilization of microgrids.