Luigi Piegari was born in Naples, Italy, on April 2, 1975. He received M.S. (cum laude) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy, in 1999 and 2003, respectively. From 2003 to 2008, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Naples Federico II. From 2009 to 2012, he was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. From 2013 to 2023, he was an Associate Professor with the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. He is currently a Full Professor of power electronics, and electrical machines, and drives with the Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano. He is the author of more than 200 scientific papers published in international journals and conference proceedings. His research interests include storage device modeling, wind and photovoltaic generation, modeling and control of multilevel converters, and DC distribution grids.