Prof. Dr. Mario Manana

Mario Manana received the B.S. degree in telecommunications engineering from the University of Alcalá, Spain, in 1992 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in telecommunications engineering from the Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain, in 1995 and 2000, respectively. He has been the head of the Department of Electrical and Energy Engineering, Universidad de Cantabria, from 2005 to 2012. From 2012 to 2016, he has been director of the Sustainability Office attached to the Vice-Chancellor of Campus, Services and Sustainability. Since March 2016, he has been the Vice-Chancellor of Campus, Services and Sustainability (UC). He also works as a Lecturer and Researcher with the Department of Electrical and Energy Engineering; he leads the Advanced Electro-Energetic Technology Group (GTEA) and from 2016 to 2019 the Viesgo Energy Chair. His research interests include power quality, energy efficiency, and grid-integration of renewable energies.