Prof. Dr. Nicu Bizon (IEEE M’06; SM’16) is a Professor at the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA, Bucharest, Pitești University Centre, Romania. Born in 1961 in Albești de Muscel (Argeș County), he received a B.S. in Electronic Engineering (1986) and a Ph.D. in Automatic Systems and Control (1996) from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. He has professional experience in hardware design at Dacia Renault S.A. and has received two awards from the Romanian Academy (2013 and 2016). His research interests include power electronic converters, fuel cells and electric vehicles, renewable energy, energy storage systems, microgrids, and the control and optimization of these systems.