Fernando P. Marafão received a B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from UNESP, Brazil, in 1998, and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. from UNICAMP, Brazil, in 2000 and 2004, respectively. In 2002, he joined the Power Electronics Group, University of Padova, Italy, as a visiting student. In 2013, he joined the Colorado School of Mines, USA, as a visiting scholar on Autonomous and Intelligent Distributed Energy Systems. Since 2005, he has been with UNESP as an associate professor with the Group of Automation and Integrating Systems. His current research interests include smart grid technologies, renewable energies, energy management, and power theories. He is a member of SOBRAEP, SBA, and IEEE.