Taha Selim Ustun received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. He is a Researcher with the Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST (FREA), where he leads the Smart Grid Cybersecurity Laboratory. Before that, he was a faculty member with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. His current research interests include power systems protection, communication in power networks, distributed generation, microgrids, electric vehicle integration, and Cybersecurity in smart grids. He serves on the editorial board of IEEE Access, IEEE Tr. on Industrial Informatics, Energies, Electronics, Electricity, World Electric Vehicle, and Information journals. He is a member of the IEEE 2004 and 2800, IEC Renewable Energy Management WG 8, and IEC TC 57 WG17. He has been invited to run specialist courses in Africa, India, and China. He has delivered talks for the Qatar Foundation, the World Energy Council, the Waterloo Global Science Initiative, and the European Union Energy Initiative (EUEI). His research has attracted funding from prestigious programs in Japan, Australia, the EU, and North America.