Quoc Dung Phan was born in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1967. He received his Dipl.-Eng. degree in electromechanical engineering from Donetsk Polytechnic Institute, Donestk City, Ukraine, in 1991 and his Ph.D degree in engineering sciences from Kiev Polytechnic Institute, Kiev City, Ukraine, in 1995. He became an Associate Professor in electrical engineering at University of Technology, Hochiminh City, Vietnam in 2010. He is currently senior lecturer for the Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Technology, VNU-HCM, Hochiminh City, Vietnam. His research areas include power electronics, electric drives, especially decentralized control methods for multilevel converters and its applications in renewable energy and microgrids.