Dr. Daniel Akinyele received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, a Master of Science degree in Renewable Energy Systems Technology from the Loughborough University, U.K., and a Ph.D. in Engineering (Renewable Energy) from the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He had a one-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, where he conducted research in the aspect of energy systems analysis and policy. He is a 2019-2021 Next Einstein Forum (NEF) Fellow facilitated by the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS). He is Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State, Nigeria. He is registered by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN). His research interests include renewable energy systems, microgrid planning and design, energy efficiency, life-cycle impact analysis, energy transitions, energy policy and sustainability, and he has published over 45 publications both in international journals and peer-reviewed technical conferences, such as in Applied Energy, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Renewable Energy, Energies, IEEE ISGT conference, IEEE Power Africa conference, IEEE Smart Grid Newsletters, etc.