Lucian Toma received the B.Sc. and Ph.D degree in electrical power engineering from the National University of Science and Technology “Politehnica” Bucharest in 2002 and 2010, respectively. Currently he is habilitated professor at the same university, at the Department of Electrical Power Systems. His fields of interest include power system dynamics, computer modeling of power system components (including FACTS devices and HVDC), smart grids and electricity markets. Since 2014 he is the representative of Romania in the CIGRE B4 Study Committee on “DC systems and power electronics”. Dr. Toma is coauthor of 5 books, of which 2 published by IEEE Press and Wiley, as well as over 120 papers published in journals and conference proceedings. He was engaged in 10 international (e.g. H2020-RESERVE, H2020-Storage4Grid, H2020-NobelGrid) and 11 national research grants, and 10 consultancy projects for industry. Since 2020 he is the Chair of the IEEE Romania Section. Dr. Toma is the recipient of the 2017 anniversary award „Remus Răduleț” presented by the Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences, the 2013 year award presented by AGIR, and IEEE Outstanding Engineer Awards presented by IEEE PES Romania Chapter in 2016.