Kazem Mazlumi was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1976. He received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, in 2000, the M.Sc. degree from the Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree from the Amirkabir University of Technology in 2009. He is currently an Associate Professor with the University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran and member of IEEE. His research interests include power system protection and smart power grids.