Claudio Burgos ● Profesor Titular

Claudio Burgos-Mellado was born in Cunco, Chile. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, in 2012 and 2013, respectively, and the dual Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Nottingham, U.K., and in electrical engineering from the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile in 2019. From 2019 to 2021, he was a Research Fellow in the Power Electronics, Machines and Control Group (PEMC group) at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Currently, he is an Associate Professor with the Institute of Engineering Sciences, Universidad de O’Higgins, Rancagua, Chile. His current interests include battery energy storage systems, electrical vehicle technologies, power electronics, microgrids, power quality issues and modular multilevel converters. In 2021, he received the best PhD thesis award in the category of Exact Science from the Chilean Academy of Sciences.