Mohamed Becherif received the Ph.D. degree in automatic control from the University of Paris Sud-Supélec (LSS and LGEP-CNRS), Paris, France, in 2004.,He joined the University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM), Belfort, France, in 2005, as an Associate Professor (HDR). He is currently with the FCLab FR CNRS 3539 and Femto-ST UMR 6174 CNRS, France. He is the Head of the Grid, Storage and Conversion Division, Energy Department, UTBM. He was/is a scientific co-responsible or partner in three European Projects FP7, French and international projects besides several industrial projects. He is author of more than 60 journals, 150 conference papers, and six books chapters. His current research interests are in the fields of modeling, nonlinear control, and energy management of hybrid and renewable systems, with special emphasis on applications.,Dr. Becherif was the General Chair of ICREGA16. He was a Guest and Managing Editor of different Elsevier journals. He is the Ambassador of the France region Nord Franche-Comté and International Examiner on energy for different countries.