João A. Peças Lopes (PhD) is Full Professor (Professor Catedrático) at the Faculty of Engineering of Porto University, where he teaches in the graduation and post-graduation areas. He is Associate Director and Coordinator of the TEC4Energy initiative at INESC TEC, an R&D private non-profit organization recognized as Associate Laboratory by the Ministry of Science and with the University of Porto as the main associate. Prof. Peças Lopes is an IEEE Fellow He is member of the Power Systems Dynamic Performance Committee of the IEEE PES. He is member of the Board of the Smart Energy Lab, a CoLAB in Energy Services. He is since 2012 Chair of the REN award committee. He is Vice-Presidente of the board of the Portuguese Association for Electric Vehicles. He is presently Chair of the International Steering Committee of the IEEE Power Tech. He is member of the Consulting Board of Agência de Energia do Porto (Porto Energy Agency). He is member of the Scientific Council of FCT. He is Member of the General Council of APREN (Portuguese Association for Renewable Energies) He is Editor of the (SEGAN) Sustainable Energy Grids and Networks journal. He is Honorary member of the editorial board of the IET Energy Conversion and Economics He is Associate editor do Journal on Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy He is Associate editor of the China Electrotechnical Society Transactions on Electrical Machines and Systems Prof. Peças Lopes is convener of the CIGRE WG 6.40 - Electric Vehicles