Emilio Ghiani (M’03, SM’15) is Associate Professor of power systems in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (DIEE) of the University of Cagliari where he teaches Power Systems Generation and Economics, and he is co-teacher in the course of Fundamentals of Electric Power Distribution and Smart Grids, and in the integrated course of Power Electronics and Electrical Power Systems. His research focuses mainly on the development of methodologies and tools for decision making processes in planning and operation of power distribution networks with large penetration of distributed energy resources.

He is author of more than 90 papers published on top ranked international journals or presented in top class national and international conferences.
He is author of 7 chapters of books dealing with smart grids, network planning and integration of renewable sources and distributed energy resources. h-Index 18, 1400+ Citations (Scopus June 2021)