gineering,UniversityofTabriz,Tabriz,Iran,in1976.HereceivedhisDEAandPh.D.degreesinElectricalEngineeringfromtheInstituteNationalPolytechniquedeLorraine(INPL),Lorraine,France,in1978and1981,respectively.In1982,hejoinedtheUniversityofTabriz,asanAssistantProfessorintheDepartmentofElectricEngineering,wherehewasanAssociateProfessorfrom1990to1995,andwherehehasbeenaProfessorsince1995.FromSeptember1990toSeptember1991,hewasaVisitingProfessorintheUniversityofQueensland,Brisbane,Australia.FromSeptember1996toSeptember1997,hewasaVisitingProfessorintheUniversityofWesternOntario,London,Ontario,Canada.onverters,matrixconverters,activeandhybridfilters,theapplicationofpowerelectronicsinrenewableenergysystemsandelectrifiedrailwaysystems,reactivepowercontrol,harmonics,pensationsystemssuchasSVC,UPQC,FACTSdevices.