Prof. Hoay Beng GOOI (IEEE Life Fellow), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Hoay Beng Gooi obtained his PhD from The Ohio State University, USA. He is an Emeritus Associate Professor of the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. During his academic career at NTU, he served as Deputy Head (Power Engineering), Founding Co-Director of the Singapore Power (SP)-NTU Joint Laboratory, and Director of the Renewable Energy Science and Technology Master's Programme jointly offered by NTU and École Polytechnique, France. Professor Gooi has made significant contributions to power and energy engineering research, leading and co-leading projects with total funding exceeding US$10 million, including advanced microgrid, battery energy storage, and smart energy system initiatives. He served as an Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and received the 2021 Outstanding IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Editor Award. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Singapore and Pennsylvania, USA, an independent microgrid consultant, and an IEEE Life Fellow. He currently serves as Industry Relations Executive Committee Member, and Chair of the Life Member Affinity Group (LMAG), IEEE Singapore Section. He actively mentors and hosts international research students, including China Scholarship Council (CSC) scholars, at EEE, NTU.

Prof. Li Ran (Fellow, IEEE & Fellow, IET), University of Warwick, UK & Huairou Laboratory, China & Chongqing University, China

Li Ran received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Chongqing University in 1989 and participated in the commissioning of the Gezhouba–Nanqiao HVDC system in China. He spent seven years in the UK as a research fellow at the Universities of Aberdeen, Nottingham, and Heriot-Watt, working on marine electrical propulsion, offshore electrical systems, and EMC in drives. In 1999, he became a Lecturer at the University of Northumbria and later moved to Durham University, where he was appointed Chair in 2010. He joined the University of Warwick as Professor of Power Electronics in 2012 and currently splits his time between Warwick and Chongqing. His recent research focuses on power electronics for renewable generation and smart grids, and on the reliability of power semiconductors. He has also been seconded to Alstom Power Conversion, undertaken a sabbatical at MIT, and is currently seconded to Huairou Laboratory in Beijing. Li is Co-Director of the Warwick–Chongqing Joint Key Laboratory in SiC Power Electronics. He has received a Global Research Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Stanley-Gray Award from IMarEST, and IEEE Prize Paper Awards. In 2024, he was presented the Collaboration Commemoration Award by CRRC. He is an IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow, and a Chartered Engineer in the UK.