Βοβός Παναγής

Panagis Vovos was born in Athens in 1978. He graduated from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Patras, in 2002. In 2005 he received his PhD from the University of Edinburgh, School of Science and Engineering. In 2009 he completed his postdoctoral studies at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Patras, introducing a new concept in power systems, the “economical use of equipment”. From 2007 to 2011 he worked in the Departments of Electrical Engineering at the University of Patras and the Technical Education Institution of Patras under contract. In 2014, he was elected lecturer on the design and management of power grids in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Patras. In 2018 he was promoted to Assistant Professor in the field of sophisticated electricity networks. He is specialized in developing optimization tools for the design and operation of electricity systems. He is also investigating the extension of optimal power flow tools, methods of increasing generation absorption capacity of power systems and plug-n-play smart grid converters.