Nikolai VoropaiNikolai I. Voropai is director of the Energy Systems Institute (Siberian Energy Institute until 1997) of the Russian Academy of Science, Irkutsk, Russia. He was born in Belarus in 1943. He graduated from the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Polytechnic Insitute in 1966. N. I. Voropai received his degrees of Candidate of Technical Sciences at the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute in 1974 and Doctor of Technical Sciences at the Siberian Energy Institute in 1990. His research interests include: modeling of power systems, operation and dynamics performance of large power grids; reliability and security of power systems; development of national, international and intercontinental power grids; liberalization of power industry. He is the Chairman of the International Workshop on Reliability Problems of Energy Systems, CIGRE Member, IEEE Fellow Member. Read More Read Less