Ali F. Murtaza received a B.Sc. degree from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Rawalpindi, Pakistan, an M.Sc. degree from the University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore, Pakistan, and a Ph.D. Degree from the Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy. He is currently working as the Director of Research and Associate Professor (Faculty of Engineering), University of Central Punjab (UCP), Lahore, Pakistan. His research interests include converters/inverters, design of standalone solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, DC micro-grids, I-V Curve tracing of PV, maximum power point trackers for PV systems, fault diagnosis of PV arrays, PV plant energy evaluation, and partial shading effects. He has authored/co-authored more than 50 research articles in leading journals and conferences in his field.