Jianchun Peng is the dean of the Department of Automation Science and Engineering at Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China, and the head of the Smart Grid Research Institute of Shenzhen University. He has also worked for Kstar Science & Technology Corporation Limited. From November 2002 to November 2003, he was a Visiting Researcher with Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. From May 2006 to August 2006, he was a Visiting Researcher with Brunel University, London, U.K. Since November 2008. His research interests include power system optimal operation and control, distributed optimization methods, integrated energy systems, and electricity markets.