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From 2007 to 2008, he was funded by ChineseScholarship Council as a Visiting Scholar with the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K. From April 2010 to August 2011, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate with Sheffield Siemens Wind Power (S2WP) Research Center and the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K. Since September 2011, he has been a Professor in the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. He is the author/coauthor of more than 100 peer-reviewed technical papers and one book, and holds more than 20 issued/pending patents. His research is currently supported bythe National Natural Science of China for Excellent Young Scholars, the National Program for Top-Notch Young Professionals, and theYangtze River Scholar Program from the Chinese Ministry of Education. His current research interests include grid-integration of large-scale renewables, modeling, analysis, and control of power electronized power systems, and modular multilevel converter for HVDC applications.
Dr. Hu serves as an Editor of IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENERGY CONVERSION, an Associate Editor of IET Renewable Power Generation, a Domestic Member of the Editorial Board for Frontiers of Information Technology and Electronic Engineering, and a member of Editorial Board for Automation of Electric Power Systems. He is the co-convenor of IEC SC8A JWG5, and an active expert of IEC SC8A WG1/AHG3. Hewas nominated in 2016 and 2017 by Elsevier to be between the 41 Most Cited Chinese Researchers in electrical and electronic engineering. He is the Fellow of Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET).