Gerardo Vazquez-Guzman was born in Mexico on September 24, 1977. He received a B.S. degree in electronic engineering from the Technical Institute of Apizaco, Tlaxcala, México, in 2003, a M.S. degree in electronic engineering from the National Center of Research and Technological Development, Cuernavaca, México, in 2006 and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, in 2013. In 2009, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. He is Senior member of the IEEE. In 2012, he joined the National Technological of Mexico /Technological Institute of Superior Studies of Irapuato, holding a Full Time Professor–Researcher position at the Electronics Department. His research interests include the analysis and design of power electronics converters, renewable energy systems and grid connected converters.