Hervé Morel (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S degree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in microelectronics from Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Écully, France, in 1982 and 1984, respectively. He is currently a CNRS Senior Scientist with the Ampere Lab, INSA Lyon, Villeurbanne, France. He published more than 120 articles in referred journals. His research interests includes power semiconductor device characterization and modeling and CAE of power electronic system integration. He is particularly involved in the reliability analysis of wide-band gap power semiconductor devices. He is also with the ANR, the project-based funding agency for research in France, batteries and advanced technologies for energy systems Program Head.