Jonathan W. Kimball received the B.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, in 1994, and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA, in 1996 and 2007, respectively. He was with Motorola, Phoenix, AZ, USA, from 1996 to 1998, where he was involved in designing insulated gate bipolar transistor modules for industrial applications. He then joined Baldor Electric, Fort Smith, AR, USA, where he designed industrial adjustable-speed drives ranging 1 hp to 150 hp. In 2003, he joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a Research Engineer, where he then became a Senior Research Engineer. In 2003, he cofounded SmartSpark Energy Systems, Inc., Champaign, where he was the Vice President of Engineering. In 2008, he joined Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, USA, where he is currently department chair and Fred W. Finley Distinguished Professor of electrical and computer engineering. Dr. Kimball's primary field is power electronics, with particular interests in microgrids, solar energy, high-gain power converters, and electric vehicle charging. He leads a team that is developing an extreme fast charging (XFC) station that will enable electric vehicles to reach full charge in less than ten minutes. He is also working on cyber-physical system security, and with the Missouri S&T Satellite Research Team (M-SAT). Dr. Kimball is a Member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, and Phi Kappa Phi. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Illinois. He has served on the IEEE Power Electronics Society Administrative Committee, as a Member-at-Large and as Education Chair, and is the program chair for the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference in 2016. His research interests include power conversion for renewable energy, microgrids, cyber-physical systems, and switched-capacitor converters.

CREE Senior Research Investigator

Missouri S&T Power Engineering Group