Bashir Bakhshideh Zad received his Master’s degree in Electrical Power Engineering in 2011. His PhD thesis was accomplished in 2018 at the University of Mons, Belgium where he held Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant positions.He was a Project Engineer in Tractebel Engie, Belgium between 2019 and 2020. He held a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position at the Power Systems and Markets Research (PSMR) group of the UMONS between 2020 and 2023. Since March 2023, he works as an Associate Professor in the Electrical Power Engineering Unit (EPEU) at the University of Mons.