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Ioannis Lestas is a Professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Clare College. He graduated with a BA (Starred MEng with Distinction) in Electrical Engineering and Information Sciences from the University of Cambridge and completed his PhD in Control Engineering at Cambridge. As a Gates Scholar and Research Scholar at Trinity College, he has made significant contributions to the field. He was elected as a Junior Research Fellow at Clare College and awarded a five-year Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship. Additionally, he has secured a five-year ERC starting grant and an ERC Proof of Concept grant. His research focuses on control engineering, particularly in the areas of large-scale networks and advanced methodologies related to power systems and smart grids. His work is widely published in leading journals in control theory and power systems, including high-impact publications like Nature. He is also actively serving as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid and IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, and as a Senior Editor for IEEE Transactions on Control Network Systems.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge
Professor in the Department of Engineering, focusing on Control Engineering and related research.
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