Carlos Andrés Ramos-Paja was born in Cali, Colombia in 1978. He received an engineering degree in electronics from the Universidad del Valle, Colombia in 2003, a master's degree in automatic control from the same university in 2005, and a Ph.D. in Power Electronics from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili-Spain in 2009. He is a full professor at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, a senior member of the IEEE, and a senior researcher in Colombia. He is the author of more than 60 journal papers, one patent, and three books. His research interests are focused on the design and control of renewable energy systems, switching converters, distributed power systems, and power quality solutions.