Mohammad Reza Salehizadeh is currently a Research Professor in the Intelligent System Laboratory at Pukyong National University, South Korea. Prior to this he was an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department of Islamic Azad University of Marvdasht, Iran, and spent 7 years working with the Smart Laboratory Network Lab at the University of Tehran, Iran. His research interests focus on the design and simulation of electricity markets, smart grids, power systems, optimization, decision making, and control.