Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri received his Ph.D. degree from Imperial College London, London, UK in 2011 in Power Systems. From 2005-2007, he worked in General Electric (GE) John F. Welch Technology Center. He came back to GE and worked in GE Global Research Center, NY, USA as a Lead Engineer during 2011-2014. Presently, he is an Assistant Professor with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Penn State, University Park, PA. He was an Assistant Professor with North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA during 2014-2016. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and member of IEEE PES. Dr. Ray Chaudhuri is the lead author of the book Multi-terminal Direct Current Grids: Modeling, Analysis, and Control (Wiley/IEEE Press, 2014), and an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. He has co-authored more than 60 journal and conference papers, and presently holds 9 granted US patents and 6 European patents. Dr. Ray Chaudhuri is the recipient of the National Science Foundation Early Faculty CAREER Award in 2016