Biography

Samir Kouro received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics engineering from the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM), Valparaíso, Chile, in 2004 and 2008, respectively. In 2007, he joined the Electronics Engineering Department, UTFSM, where he currently is Associate Professor and General Director of Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. From 2009 to 2011 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. His research interests include power electronics, renewable energy systems (photovoltaic and wind), green hydrogen, and electro-mobility applications.

Dr. Kouro has directed 45 R& D projects and is founding member and Principal Investigator of the Solar Energy Research Center (SERC-Chile), one of the national priority areas centers of excellence of Chile, and founding member and Deputy Director of the Advanced Center of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (AC3E), one of the technology transfers centers of excellence in Chile. He has coauthored two books, 12 book chapters and over 200 refereed journal and conference papers. He has served as Special Session organizer and Chair of 20 special sessions in conferences and has been Guest Editor for 5 Special Sections in IEEE Journals and one for IET. Dr. Kouro has been Associate Editor of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine since 2022, and for the International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (JEPE) of Elsevier in 2016-2017.

Dr. Kouro has been included in the 2018 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list, received the 2018 IEEE-AIE Outstanding Engineer Award, the 2016 IEEE Industrial Electronics Bimal K. Bose Award for Industrial Electronics Applications in Energy Systems, the 2015 IEEE Industrial Electronics Society J. David Irwin Early Career Award, the 2012 IEEE Power Electronics Society Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award, the 2022 Best paper award of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, the 2019 Premium Award for the Best Paper inn IET Power Applications journal, the 2015 2nd Prize Paper Award of the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, the 2012 IEEE Industry Applications Magazine 1st prize Paper Award, the 2012 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Best Paper Award, the 2008 IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine Best Paper Award.