Konara Mudiyanselage Sandun Y. Konara is currently pursuing a PhD degree in renewable energy, majoring in charging coordination of electric vehicles, at the Department of Engineering Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder (UiA), Norway. He received his B.Sc.Eng degree (Hons.) in Electrical and Information Engineering from the University of Ruhuna (UoR), Sri Lanka in 2013 and M.Sc. degree in Renewable Energy in 2016 from UiA, Norway. His master’s thesis was awarded as the best thesis in renewable energy at UiA. He has been a lecturer at the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, UoR (currently on study leave for PhD) since 2013. Konara’s research interests include optimum resource allocation and charging coordination in fast electrical vehicle charging stations, demand side management, smart grid, and renewable energy systems.