ARIF MEHDI received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan, in 2016, and completed an MS-leading-PhD program in Electrical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, in 2024. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Advanced Power Network Laboratory, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, South Korea. His research interests include power system protection, specifically hybrid AC/DC transmission and distribution networks, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, artificial intelligence applications for inverter-based resources, and the integration of renewable energy resources in smart grids.