Raúl Gregor
Dr. Raúl Igmar Gregor Recalde was born in Asunción, Paraguay, in 1979. He received his bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering from the Catholic University of Asunción, Paraguay, in 2005. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics, signal processing, and communications from the Higher Technical School of Engineering (ETSI), University of Seville, Spain, in 2008 and 2010, respectively. Since March 2010, Dr. Gregor has been Head of the Laboratory of Power and Control Systems (LSPyC) of the Engineering Faculty of the National University of Asuncion (FIUNA), Paraguay. Dr. Gregor has authored or coauthored about 40 technical papers in the field of power electronics and control systems, six of which have been published in high-impact journals. He obtained the Best Paper Award from the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Industrial Electronics Society, in 2010, and the Best Paper Award from the IET Electric Power Applications, in 2012. His research interests include multiphase drives, advanced control of power converter topologies, quality of electrical power, renewable energy, modeling, simulation, optimization and control of power systems, smart metering and smart grids, and predictive control.