A PhD in Electrical Engineering and an IEEE Senior Member, I (you can call me Ali) am a Senior Lecturer at the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (EME), the University of Adelaide (UofA). Prior to joining UofA, I worked for California ISO, NEC Laboratories America, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), and the University of Queensland for more than five years. My research interests are mainly about renewable energy and the smart grid. My research involves a holistic view of electrification, battery integration and demand response using optimisation, artificial intelligence, and time series methods.