Behzad Kordi is a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba. He received his B.Sc. (with distinction), M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees all in Electrical Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran, in 1992, 1995, and 2000, respectively. During 1998 and 1999, he was with the Lightning Studies Group at the University of Toronto, Canada. In 2002, he joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, at the University of Manitoba, Canada where he is currently a full professor and the director of McMath High Voltage Laboratory. He was the chair of URSI Canada Commission E in 2012–2013. He is a member of several Cigre working groups pertinent to the transient modeling of power system apparatus. He is also an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation and IET High Voltage. He is a registered professional engineer in the province of Manitoba and was the recipient of the 2012 IEEE EMC Richard B. Schulz Best Transactions Paper Award. His research interests include high voltage engineering, electromagnetic compatibility in power systems, simulation models of power transformers and transmission lines, and condition monitoring of high voltage apparatus.