Dr. Yuqi Zhao holds B.Eng., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in power system engineering from the University of Manchester, UK, where she was supervised by Prof. Jovica V. Milanovic. She is an active member of the IEEE PES, IET, and CIGRE and has undertaken a visiting research position at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. In recognition of her academic excellence, Dr. Zhao received the Best Student Paper Award at the IET APSCOM 2018 conference. She has also gained professional experience as a power system engineer with both National Grid of UK and the State Grid Corporation of China. Dr. Zhao’s research contributions include multiple peer-reviewed publications in top-tier IEEE transactions journals and presentations at prestigious international conferences, such as the IEEE General Meeting, IEEE PowerTech, IEEE ICHQP, IEEE PMAPS, and CIRED. She has played an active role in multiple EU Horizon 2020 projects, including MIGRATE and CROSSBOW.