Yassine Kali was born in Fez, Morocco. He received his B.Eng. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Fez, Morocco, in 2011 and 2013, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree in the field of robotics and nonlinear control from the École Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs, University of Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco, in 2018. In 2015 and 2016, he joined the Power Electronics and Industrial Control Research Group (GRÉPCI), École de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal, Canada, under the supervision of Professor Maarouf Saad for a research stay. From May 2018 to December 2023 , he joined the GRPCI as a researcher and part-time lecturer. In December 2023, Yassine joined the school of engineering at Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue as a Professor where he is teaching robotics and control theory. His research interests include robotics, multiphase drives, nonlinear control theory, intelligent methods, and renewable energy conversion systems.