Dr. Lingling Fan received her Bachelor and Master degrees in Electrical Engineering from Southeast University (Nanjing, China) in 1994 and 1997, respectively. She joined West Virginia University (Morgantown, West Virginia, USA) in 1998 and received her Ph.D. degree in Dec. 2001. Dr. Fan was with Midwest ISO (MISO) 2001 to 2007. She led projects on transmission system reliability, planning, operation and economics. From 2007 to 2009, Dr. Fan was with North Dakota State University (Fargo, North Dakota) as an assistant professor. Since 2009, Dr. Fan has been with the University of South Florida (USF) at Tampa Florida. Currently, she is an associate professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering of USF. Dr. Fan’s research area covers power systems, power electronics, and electric machines. Her focus areas include dynamic systems and optimization. In dynamic systems area, her research covers modeling, analysis, estimation and control with applications in wind energy grid integration, microgrids, High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) systems, energy storage systems, and phasor measurement unit (PMU). In optimization area, her research focuses on implementing optimization in smart building operation, energy storage operation, and power electronic converter controls.