Rae-Young Kim (Senior Member, IEEE) received BS and MS degrees from Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, in 1997 and 1999, respectively, and a PhD from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA, in 2009, all in electrical engineering. From 1999 to 2004, he was a senior researcher at Hyosung Heavy Industry R&D Center, Seoul, Korea. In 2009, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, USA, involved in a smart home energy management system. In 2016, he was a visiting scholar at the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES), Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and State University, Blacksburg. Since 2010, he has been with Hanyang University, where he is currently a professor at the Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering. His research interests include the design of high-power density converters and the distributed control of power converters for modular power converter systems in applications of renewable energy, wireless power transfer, microgrids, and motor drives. Dr. Kim was a recipient of the 2007 First Prize Paper Award from IEEE IAS.