Hassan Haes Alhelou (Senior Member, IEEE) was a visiting scientist with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2024 and is currently leading a research project at MIT that focuses on operation and control of power systems with high penetration of DERs and IBRs. Dr. Alhelou holds an academic fellow position with University Technology Sydney in Australia and permanent academic position (Prof) with Tishreen University. He is also holding an industry position with AEMO, focusing on operating power systems with high penetration of DERs and DPV. Between 2021 and 2024, Dr. Alhelou was a Senior Researcher at Monash University in Australia, serving as Chief Investigator for several research projects as well as unit coordinator and lecturer of power systems units. Previously, he held positions at University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland (2020-2021) as a Senior Researcher, at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman, Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), and Tishreen University, where he has been a faculty member since 2012.
Dr. Alhelou’s contributions to the field have earned him significant recognition. In 2022/2023/2024, he was named among the top 2% of scientists globally by Stanford University. He was also ranked in the top 1% of reviewers and researchers in engineering and cross-disciplinary fields by Publons and Web of Science in 2018 and 2019. His numerous accolades include the Outstanding Reviewer Award for prestigious journals such as ECM, ISA Transactions, and Applied Energy, and the Excellent Paper Award from the IEEE CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems in 2021/2022. In 2011, he was honored as the Best Young Researcher at the Arab Student Forum Creative at Alexandria University, Egypt.
Dr. Alhelou serves as Editor for a number of prestigious IEEE and Elsevier journals including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Applications. His research receives more than 7000 citations with an H_index higher than 48. He has been actively involved in more than 15 international industrial projects, securing over $1M in funding and participating in projects totaling $15M. His research interests include power systems, dynamics and stability, cybersecurity, energy decarbonisation and digitalisation, dynamic state estimation, and the future of energy.
