About
Louelson Afranio Leugirdes de Azevedo Cavalcanti Costa (Member, IEEE) was born in Bananeiras, Brazil. He received a B.S., M.Sc., and D.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Brazil, in 2014, 2016, and 2020, respectively. From August 2018 to July 2019, he was at the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VT), Blacksburg, VA, USA, as a Visiting Scholar. From January 2020 to April 2021, he was at the Department of Computer Engineering and Automation (DCA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil, as a Temporary Professor. Since August 2021, he has been with the Centre for Power and Energy Systems (CPES), Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC), Portugal, as a Researcher. He is a member of the Industry Applications Society (IAS) and Power Electronics Society (PELS) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). His research interests include power electronics, renewable energy systems, and AI applied to power electronics.