Hani Albalawi was born in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, in 1981. He received his B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from King Abduaziz University, Saudi Arabia, in 2008, M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Sheffield University, USA, in 2010, and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Clemson, Pittsburgh, USA, in 2016. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of electrical power with the Department of Electrical Power, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tabuk. He is the Head of the Department of Electrical of Engineering. His research interests include power system control and renewable energy systems.