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Bikash Pal is a Professor of Power Systems at Imperial College London, where he specializes in power system stability, control, and computation. His research is actively sponsored by leading organizations such as the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), National Grid, General Electric (GE), ABB, SIEMENS, and UK Power Networks. He has successfully led multiple research consortia, including a six-university UK-China consortium for Sustainable Energy Networks and an eight-university UK-India consortium focused on Smart Grid Storage. Pal has collaborated with SIEMENS on developing advanced power flow and control tools, enhancing distribution management systems, and has been instrumental in commissioning distribution control centres across multiple countries. His group has received the 2016 President Award for Outstanding Research, and he has graduated 35 PhD students while publishing approximately 160 technical papers in esteemed journals such as IEEE Transactions and IET. An active contributor to the IEEE community, he served as Vice President of Publications for the Power Energy Society and has held several editorial positions, including Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. Pal's contributions to power system research have earned him fellowships in prestigious academies and numerous awards for his distinguished work in the field.
Specialisms available in Materials for the Energy Transition or Theory and Simulation of Materials.