Prof. Philippe Ladoux was born in 1963. He completed his degree in Engineering at the Institute of Engineering “ENSEEIHT” in Toulouse in 1987 and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the “Institut National Polytechnique” of Toulouse, France, in 1992. In 1994, he joined the Static Converters Research Group at LAPLACE (Laboratory of Plasma and Energy Conversion) in Toulouse, which he was the manager of from 2001 to 2009. He is currently a professor at the Institute of Engineering “ENSEEIHT” in Toulouse where he teaches power electronics. His research interests are multilevel converters for high power applications. The fields of application are railway electric traction as well as medium and high-voltage power systems. Prof. Philippe Ladoux has extensive experience of collaborative research with academic and industrial partners at both the national and international levels. He is also involved in the steering committees of the international conferences SPEEDAM and ESARS and is on the board of directors of PCIM Europe.