Jan Svensson

Jan R. Svensson (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees (Docent) from the Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden, in 1988 and 2002 respectively, both in electric power engineering. From 1999 to 2009, he was with ABB in R&D of HVdc transmission, STATCOMs, and energy storages, especially design and control of light-concept devices (HVdc and FACTS). Between 2009 and 2014, he was the Program Manager for the global R&D program “Active Grid Infrastructure” with ABB Corporate Research. From 2014 to 2020, he was a Senior Principal Scientist on power electronics systems with ABB Power Grids Research. In addition to his current role as a Research Fellow with Hitachi ABB Power Grids Research, Vasteras, Sweden, he has also been an Adjunct Professor with the Chalmers University of Technology since 2018. His interests include design and control of power electronics in power systems, power quality, storage technologies, and renewable energy.