Ali Zakerian received his BSc and MSc degrees in Electrical Engineering from Urmia University, Urmia, Iran, in 2013 and 2015, and his PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Mississippi State University (MSU), MS, USA, in 2023. Dr. Zakerian is currently a senior engineer with the Bulk Transmission Planning Services, Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG Power), Atlanta, GA, USA. His research interests include modeling, stability analysis, and control of distributed and renewable energy systems, control of power electronic converters, and microgrids.

Masoud Karimi-Ghartemani received his PhD degree in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, in 2004. Since 2012, he has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mississippi State University (MSU), Mississippi State, MS, USA, where he is currently a professor. His research interests include modeling and control of distributed and renewable energy systems. Dr. Karimi is the recipient of the 2020 Faculty Research Award at MSU’s Bagley College of Engineering. He is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, and IEEE PES Letters.