Benham Mohammadi-ivatloo received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tabriz in Tabriz, Iran in 2006 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran in 2008, all with honors. He is currently a Professor with Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Tabriz in Tabriz, Iran. His main area of research is economics, operation, and the planning of intelligent energy systems in a competitive market environment.