Dr. Yuan Gao is a Lecturer (assistant professor) and Deputy Programme Director for General Engineering at the School of Engineering, University of Leicester, UK. He finished his Bachelor of Transportation Engineering degree in 2013 at Dalian Maritime University. During 2013-2017, he studied for his master's in Aeronautical Engineering at Beihang University. He then obtained his PhD degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) from the University of Nottingham in 2021. He is a recipient of a highly prestigious Chinese National Award for Outstanding Students Abroad in 2021. He serves as a Guest Editor in IEEE TPEL, an Associate Editor in Electronics and Signal Processing, the Financial Chair of ISEEIE 2024, and a Session Chair of ESARS-ITEC 2024. His research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, electrical power systems, model predictive control, motor drives, power electronics, and transportation electrification..