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for Global Electr i fication. She
received the B.Sc. degree in electrical
and electronics engineering
from Mekelle University, Mekelle,
Ethiopia, in 2016, and the M.Sc.
degree in sustainable transportation
and electrical power systems (Erasmus
Mundus Masters) from the University
of Not t ingham and the
University of Oviedo, in 2020. Her
research interests include the control
of grid-forming inverters and
the control of grid-tied power converters
for distributed resources
integration. She is a member of the
IEEE Power Electronics Society
(PELS) and a member of the PELS
Women in Engineering. She also
serves as a Liaison for Africa in the
Industrial Power Conversion Systems
Department (IPCSD)-Divers
it y, Equ it y, and Inc l u s i on
Committee (DEIC) of the IEEE
Industry Applications Society (IAS).
Christina DiMarino (dimar
i no@v t .edu) is an Ass i s t ant
Professor with the Bradley Department
of Electrical and Computer
Engineering (ECE), Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA, USA, working in
the Center for Power Electronics
Systems (CPES). She received the
B.S. degree in engineering from
James Madison University, and the
M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical
engineering from Virginia Tech.
Her research interests include
power electronics packaging, highdensity
integration, medium-voltage
power modules, and wide
bandgap power semiconductors.
She is a member of the IEEE Power
Electronics Society (PELS), where
she currently serves as a Memberat-Large
for the PELS Administrative
Committee, Vice Chair for the
PELS Technical Commit tee on
Power Components, Integration,
and Power ICs, and is a Member of
the PELS Women in Engineering
committee. She is the Advisor of
the PELS Student Branch Chapter
at Virginia Tech, and is a member
of the ECE Diversity and Inclusion
Committee at Virginia Tech.
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