Andreas Sumper was born in Villach, Austria. He received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering from the Graz University of Technology in Austria in 2000 and his Ph.D. degree from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, in 2008. From 2001 to 2002, he was a project manager in the private sector. In 2002, he joined the Center for Technological Innovation in Static Converters and Drives (CITCEA) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, and since 2006 he has been teaching in the Department of Electrical Engineering. He is now a Full Professor at the Escola Superior d'Ingenieria Industrial de Barcelona (ESTEIB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. His research interests include renewable energy, digitalization of the power grid, micro- and smart grids, power system studies, and energy management. He is Editor-in-Chief of MDPI's Electricity Journal.