Atif Iqbal (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India, in 1991 and 1996, respectively, and Ph.D. degree from Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, U.K., in 2006. He received the D.Sc. degree (Habilitation) in control, informatics, and electrical engineering from the Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland in 2019. He is a Full Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, and a former Full Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering, AMU, Aligarh, India. Prof. Iqbal is Honorary Adjunct Professor at M.A. American University, Nigeria, and Bharath University, India. He is also Adjunct Faculty at the Community College, Doha, Qatar. Prof. Iqbal has been listed in top 2% highly cited scientists of the world (Stanford University, USA) since 2019.
Dr. Iqbal is also Fellow of IET (UK), IE (India), AIAA (Asia Pacific), and AIIA (Asia).
He has published widely in international journals and conferences on his research findings related to power electronics, variable speed drives, e-mobility, smart grid, complex energy transition, micro and nano grids and renewable energy sources. He has authored or coauthored more than 600 research articles, 8 patents, four books and several chapters in edited books. He has supervised several large research and development projects worth several million USD. He has supervised 21 PhDs. He was also a recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Merit Award for the year 2014–2015 and the Research Excellence Awards at Qatar University, in 2015, and 2022. He received the Research Excellence Award from the College of Engineering, Qatar University in 2019. He received several best research papers awards in top International Conferences. He serves as the Vice-Chair of the IEEE Qatar Section. He is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics, Senior Editor IEEE Access and an Editorial Board Member of IEEE Access.