JURIY PLOTKIN received his Diploma degree in electrical engineering/heavy current engineering at the University of Technology Berlin in 2002 and his Ph.D. in 2009, both with honors. Industrial background is based on work at Alstom Power Conversion in Berlin as project engineer for rolling mill automation. From 2010 till 2012, he has been working as a professor of renewable energy sources at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. Since 2012, he is professor of electrical engineering/energy technology at Berlin School of Economics and Law. His research interests include power electronics, electrical drives and machines, renewable energy sources.