Julian completed his degree in Electronics Engineering (2008) from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia. His interest in power electronics and renewable energies led him to pursue a M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering (2010) from the Institute Polytechnique de Grenoble, France, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (2014) from the University of Grenoble Alpes, France. During his Ph.D., Julian worked on optimal strategies for the integration of Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEV) in order to minimize their negative impact on the power quality ensuring a minimum effect on the PEV’s mobility purpose. During the second semester of 2014, he was involved as a postdoctoral fellow at the laboratory of Control and Automation of Grenoble (GIPSALab), assisting the research on optimal algorithms for energy the allocation for electric vehicles considering economic constraints and decentralized approaches. In 2015, Julian worked in Colombia as a research associate for the Sergio Arboleda University, conducting research on the optimal allocation of energy resources in an off-line Microgrid aiming to reduce the operational cost. He also gave lectures on Renewable energies and Microgrids as an optional course for the Engineering and Mathematics School at the Sergio Arboleda University.

Julian is a Postdoctoral Fellow with IESVic and working under the supervision of Professors Djilali and Crawford. He will be collaborating with graduate and undergraduate students as well as with researchers at other institutions and industrial partners in topics related to the integration of renewable energies and PEV into BC’s power system.