Florin Iov

Dr. Florin Iov (IEEE SM ’06) received the MSc degree in Electrical Engineering from “Transilvania” University of Brasov, Romania, in 1993 and a PhD degree from “Lower Danube” University of Galati, Romania in 2003 with a special focus in the modeling, simulation and control of large wind turbines. He was staff member at Galati University, Romania from 1993 to 2001. Dr. Iov was with Institute of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark between 2001 and 2009 where he was mainly involved in research projects regarding grid integration of wind power. From 2010 to 2012 he held a position as Power System Research Specialist in Vestas Wind Systems working with new ancillary services for augmented wind power plants. Since 2013 Dr. Iov is with Institute of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, focusing on research and teaching on smart grids and intelligent energy systems. His research areas cover: Modelling, simulation and control of renewable/hybrid energy systems; Power electronic converters for grid integration of renewable/hybrid energy systems; Ancillary services; Grid code compliance and market participation of hybrid power plants; Stability of power systems with high penetration of renewable generation plants; Monitoring, operation, control and protection of smart distribution systems; Model based Design using cyber-physical systems (Digital Twins). He is author/co-author of 165+ papers published in international journals and conference proceedings; 50+ research reports available on the public domain; book chapter “Power Electronics Control of Wind Energy in Distributed Power Systems” in “Renewable Energy”. Citations: Scopus 1800+, h-index 21; ResearchGate (RG Score 27.38): 2900+, h-index 27; Google Scholar: 5400+, h-index 33, i10-index 76. He is inventor in two patents of wind power plant control.