Yunwei Ryan Li

University of Alberta Senior Engineering Research Chair | Chair of ECE Dept | President-Elect & VP Products IEEE PELS | Past Editor-in-Chief IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Letters

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

About

University of Alberta Senior Engineering Research Chair, with research interests in distributed generation, microgrid, renewable energy, power converter technologies and electric motor drives. Currently serving as ECE department Chair at the University of Alberta, Vice President for Products IEEE Power Electronics Society. Past Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Letters. General Chair of 2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). A Fellow of IEEE and Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). Recognized as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher. https://sites.engineering.ualberta.ca/elitegridlab/

Experience

  • University of Alberta (19 yrs 6 mos)
    • Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
      Jul 2021 - Present · 5 yrs

    • University of Alberta Senior Engineering Research Chair
      Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

    • Professor
      2015 - Present · 11 yrs 6 mos

  • IEEE Power Electronics Society (7 yrs 6 mos)
    • President Elect
      Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    • Vice President for Products
      Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

    • Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Letters
      Jan 2019 - Apr 2023 · 4 yrs 4 mos

  • Engineer at Rockwell Automation
    2007 - 2007 · Less than a year

  • Postdoc Fellow at Toronto Metropolitan University
    2005 - 2007 · 2 yrs

  • Visiting Scholar at Aalborg University
    2005 - 2005 · Less than a year