The Winston Chung Global Energy Center welcomes Dr. Amir Masoumi (Amir H. Abolmasoumi) as a new Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the area of Energy Systems. Dr. Masoumi has expertise in the control and analysis of inverter-based resources (IBRs), as well as the stability and control of IBR-dominated power grids. He will support the Center’s research, development, and future funding efforts across several Energy Systems areas, including clean energy integration, electric vehicles (EVs), load forecasting, dynamic load management, and Virtual Power Plants (VPPs).

Dr. Masoumi holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Control Systems) from Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, and brings over a decade of experience in data-driven modeling, dynamic state estimation, and robust and nonlinear control, with applications in power systems, power electronics, renewable energy integration, and electromechanical systems.

Previously, he served as a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at École Centrale de Nantes, where he contributed to the EU-funded DREAM Erasmus Mundus Master’s Program and the Horizon 2020 POSYTYF project on grid-connected IBRs. He was also a faculty member at Arak University, Iran, where he developed curricula and supervised graduate theses, and a Visiting Researcher at Virginia Tech in 2020, collaborating on robust state estimation and Koopman-based modeling. His work has been published in leading journals, including IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, and emphasizes interdisciplinary solutions for sustainable energy systems.