Biography：

Minghui Lu, Ph.D., is a Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering at Southeast University, China.He has been honored as a national high-level young talent. His research focuses on developing stable and resilient modern power systems with a high penetration of renewable energy, the research areas include power electronic systems, power system analysis, and grid-forming converter modeling, control, and stability analysis. He joined Southeast University in 2026 with extensive work and research experience at international universities and research institutions. As a principal investigator, he is currently leading a national young talent program and has led multiple key research projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). He has an outstanding publication record in top-tier journals and conferences, including IEEE TPEL and IEEE TEC. He is an IEEE senior member and serves as Associate Editor (AE) and reviewer for several top-tier SCI-indexed journals. His academic honors and awards include the 2023 and 2025 IEEE TPEL Prize Paper Awards, as well as the 2024 IEEE TEC Best Journal Paper Award.

Education：

• Aalborg University, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., 2017

• Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Electrical Engineering, M.E., 2014

• Harbin Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering, B.E., 2011

Appointments：

• 2023-2025, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Senior Engineer

• 2022-2023, University of Texas at Austin, Research Scientist

• 2018-2022, University of Washington, Postdoctoral Researcher

Editorial Service：

• 2024-now IEEE TEC, Associate Editor

• 2024-now IEEE PESL, Associate Editor

• 2024-now IEEE Senior Member

Selected Publications：       

[1]M. Lu, W. Cai, S. Dhople, B. Johnson, “Large-signal Stability of Phase-balanced Equilibria in Single-phase Grid-forming Inverter Systems,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol.39, no. 3, pp. 3623-3636, Mar. 2024.

[2]M. Lu, “Virtual Oscillator Grid-forming Inverters: State of the Art, Modeling, and Stability,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 10, pp. 11579-11591, Oct. 2022.

[3] M. Lu, S. Dhople, D. Zimmanck, B. Johnson, “Spontaneous Phase Balancing in Delta Connected Single-phase Grid-forming Inverters,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no.12, pp. 14115-14125, Dec. 2022.

[4]M. Lu, S. Dhople, B. Johnson, “Benchmarking Nonlinear Oscillators for Grid-forming Inverter Control,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 9, pp. 10250-10266, Sept. 2022.

[5]M. Lu, S. Dutta, B. Johnson, “Self-synchronizing Cascaded Inverters with Virtual Oscillator Control,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 6424-6436, June 2022.

[6] M. Lu, “An Inrush Current Limiting Strategy for Virtual-oscillator-controlled Grid-forming Inverters,”IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 1501-1510, Sept. 2023.

[7]M. Lu, Y. Yang, B. Johnson, F. Blaabjerg, “An Interaction-Admittance Model for Multi-Inverter Grid-Connected Systems,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 34, no. 08, pp. 7542-7557, Nov. 2018.

[8]M. Lu, F. Blaabjerg, et al, “Benchmarking Stability and Robustness against Grid Impedance Variation for LCL-Filtered Grid-Interfacing Inverters,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 10, pp. 9033-9046, Oct. 2018.

[9]M. Lu, X. Wang, P.C. Loh, F. Blaabjerg, “Graphical Evaluation of Time Delay Compensation Techniques for Digitally Controlled Converters,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 03, pp. 2601-2614, Mar. 2017.

[10]M. Lu, X. Wang, P.C. Loh, F. Blaabjerg, “Resonance Interaction of Multi-Parallel Grid-Connected Inverters with LCL-Filter,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 2, pp.894-899, Feb. 2016.

[11]M. Lu, S. Duan, et al, “Research on Parallel Operation of Power Storage System Based on Standalone PV System,” Power Electronics, vol. 03, pp. 105-111, Mar. 2013.

[12] N. Baeckeland, D. Chatterjee,M. Lu, B. Johnson, G. Seo, “Overcurrent Limiting in Grid-Forming Inverters: A Comprehensive Review and Discussion,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 39, no. 11, pp. 14493-14517, Nov. 2024.

[13] O. Ajala,M. Lu, S. Dhople, B. Johnson, “Model Reduction for Inverters with Current Limiting and Dispatchable Virtual Oscillator Control,”IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol.37, no. 4, pp. 2250-2259, Dec. 2022.

[14]M. Lu, B. Johnson, “A Grid-compatible Virtual Oscillator Controller: Analysis and Design,” in the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition 2019, Baltimore, MD, US.

[15]M. Lu, B. Ross, “An Analogy of Frequency Droop Control for Grid-forming Sources," in the 2025 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Austin, TX.

Projects：

[1]NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund: Research on Key Grid-forming Technologies across the Source-Grid-Load-Storage System, thePI, in progress 2026-2029;

[2] U.S. DOE VELOCITI: Modular, Multifunction, Multiport and Medium-voltage Utility-scale SiC PV Inverter, thePI, completed in 2025;

[3] U.S. DOE LDRD:Inverter Technology for Grid-scale Battery Testing, thePI, completed in 2025;

[4] U.S. DOE LDRD:Towards a Fully Distributed Architecture of Modular Multilevel Converters in HVDC, thePI, completed in 2024.

Teaching：

[1] Fall 2022 – Guest lecturer for the ECE 462L: Power Electronics Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Recruitment：

The team welcomes outstanding young scholars and students to join us in the areas of power electronics, advanced power system control, and renewable energy power systems. We plan to recruit 2–3 master’s students and 1–2 Ph.D. students each year. Outstanding students with backgrounds in electrical engineering, automation, control science and engineering, and related disciplines are welcome to apply.