Dr. Alireza Khaligh is a Professor and Director of the Maryland Power Electronics Laboratory (MPEL), and Interim Director of the Institute for Systems Research (ISR) at the University of Maryland at College Park (UMD). He is also Founder of AmpX Technologies, Inc. Dr. Khaligh is an author/co-author of more than 230 journal and conference papers, and a recipient of various awards and recognitions including the 2024 UMD Linda Clement Outstanding Advisor Award, 2022 IEEE PELS Vehicle and Transportation Systems Achievement Award, 2020 Nagamori Award, 2020 UMD ECE Jimmy Lin Award for Innovation, 2019 UMD ISR Outstanding Systems Engineering Faculty Award, 2017 UMD Overall Invention of the Year Award, and three Best Vehicular Electronics Awards from IEEE Vehicular Electronics Society (VTS), among many others. Dr. Khaligh was the General Chair of the 2016 IEEE Applied Power Electronic Conference and Expo (APEC), and the General Chair of the 2013 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC). He is a Fellow of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International and is currently the Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification (TTE).