José Gomes de Matos (Member, IEEE) was born in Brazil, in 1957. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil, in 1980 and 1986, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, Brazil, in 2014. Since 1980, he has been a professor at the Electrical Engineering Department, Federal University of Maranhão. His research interests include microgrids, control systems, power electronics, and power generation systems based on renewable energy, particularly wind, and photovoltaic sources.