Yiannis Katsigiannis is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU) in the field of renewable energy systems optimization. He received the diploma in production engineering and management from Technical University of Crete (TUC) in 2000, the M.Sc. degree in production systems from TUC in 2003, the diploma in environmental engineering from TUC in 2005, and the Ph.D. degree from TUC in 2008. He is also a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE-TCG) and a member of the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Institute (IEECC) in HMU. His research areas are related to renewable energy sources and their integration to power systems, autonomous power systems, small- and large-scale energy storage, smart grids, energy saving, and artificial intelligence.