FERNANDO LUIZ MARCELO ANTUNES received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil, the B.Sc. degree in business and administration from the State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, U.K. In 2006 and 2007, he was with the Fraunhofer IEE, Kassel, Germany, conducting research on high-power converters for offshore wind turbines. He is currently a Professor with the Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, where he also coordinates the Power Electronics Group. His research interests include multilevel converters, inverters, dc–dc converters and their application to renewable energy systems, and LED drivers. Dr. Antunes is a member and past President of the Brazilian Power Electronics Society (SOBRAEP), member of the IEEE Power Electronics Society, and the IEEE Industrial Electronic Society.