Our Team
Meet our dedicated and dynamic research team committed to pushing the boundaries of knowledge and innovation.
Ignacio Galiano Zurbriggen, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Principal Investigator
Dr. Ignacio Galiano Zurbriggen is an Assistant Professor at the SEE School of Simon Fraser University and an Adjunct Professor with the ESE Department of the University of Calgary. His research interests include the study of power electronic converters as technology-enabling building blocks for sustainable energy and transportation applications. His experience includes industrial R&D work developing advanced power conversion and digital control systems with Tesla, Alpha-Enersys, and Computrol. Dr. Galiano Zurbriggen is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics and a reviewer for several IEEE journals and conferences.
Rahil Samani
Ph.D. Candidate (UCalgary)
- Research Area: Topologies, Optimization, and Control of GaN-based Converters
Matteo Sposito
Ph.D. Student (UCalgary)
- Research Area: Modelling and Control of Bidirectional DC-DC Battery Chargers
Emilia Mamani
MASc Student
- Research Area: Fault Detection and Modelling of Power Converters for Microgrid Support
Mina Pavlovic
MASc Student
- Research Area: Centric-Based Control of Three-Phase Inverters in Grid-Connected Microgrids During Islanding
Andrew Nathan
Research Assistant
Alumni
- Filipe Pinarello, Post-Doctoral Fellow (Jan. 2024 – Dec. 2025)
- Ignacio Santana, MSc (Sep. 2022 – Jan. 2025)
- Jacqueline Dubreuil, MSc (Sep. 2022 – Aug. 2024)
- Nicolas Agüero, MSc (Sep. 2022 – Jun. 2024)
- Franco Degioanni, PhD (Sep. 2021 – Aug. 2023)
- Jaden Savoia, Undergraduate Research (May. 2023 – Sep. 2023)
- Arushi Thakur, Undergraduate Research (May. 2023 – Sep. 2023)
- Deep Amin, MEng (Sep. 2022 – May. 2023)
- Zeinab Sudi, MEng (Sep. 2022 – May. 2023)
- Anastasiya Rybitska, Undergraduate Research (May. 2022 – Oct. 2022)