University Professor and Hydro One Endowed Chair Executive Director, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE)
Dr. Claudio Cañizares is a University Professor, Hydro One Chair, and the WISE Executive Director at the University of Waterloo, where he has been since 1993. His highly-cited research focuses on modeling, simulation, computation, stability, control, and optimization of power and energy systems. He is the IEEE Trans. Smart Gird EIC; Director of the IEEE and PES Boards; a Fellow of the IEEE, the Royal Society of Canada, and the Canadian Academy of Engineering; and has received the 2017 IEEE PES Outstanding Educator Award, the 2016 IEEE Canada Electric Power Medal, and multiple awards and recognitions from PES technical committees.