NAVID SALEHI received the B.Sc and the M.Sc degree in electrical engineering with a specialization in power system and power electronics, respectively, from the Azad University of Najafabad (IAUN), Isfahan, Iran. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree with a specialization in microgrid and energy management at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). His current research interests include smart microgrids, energy management in collaborative microgrids, power electronic interfaces in distributed generation, heuristic and meta-heuristic optimization methods, and artificial neural network (ANN) applications in microgrids.