Damian Giaouris received a B.Eng. (2000) in Automation Engineering from the Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece; an M.Sc. (2001) and a Ph.D. (2004) in the area of control of electrical systems from Newcastle University, U.K.; as well as a B.Sc. (2009) and a PGCert (2011) in Mathematics from Open University, U.K. Currently, he is a Professor of Control of Energy Systems at Newcastle University. His research interests include control of power converters, multivector energy systems, smart grids, electric vehicles, and nonlinear dynamics of electrical systems. He has more than 150 publications (with more than 3500 citations) and he has served as Associate Editor at various journals.