Dr. Ibtissam Kharchouf is a Research Scientist at EPRI, focusing on Information, Communication, and Cyber Security of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs). She earned her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Florida International University in 2024, where she also received an M.S. in Computer Engineering in 2023. She previously earned an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Mohammed V University in 2016 and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Industrial Informatics from Hassan I University in 2014. From 2017 to 2020, she conducted research with the Electrotechnics, Robotics, and Automation Research Group at Mohammed V University. Her research interests include cybersecurity of DERs, energy cyber-physical systems and interoperability testing.