ProfessorMichael Negnevitsky

Dr Michael Negnevitsky is Professor, Chair in Power Engineering and Computational Intelligence, Director of the Centre for Renewable Energy and Power Systems.

Biography:
Michael Negnevitsky received the B.S.E.E. (Hons) and Ph.D. degrees from Belarusian National Technical University, Minsk, Belarus in 1978 and 1983, respectively. From 1978 to 1980 he worked at the Electrical Maintenance, Construction and Commissioning Company in Minsk, Belarus as an electrical engineer. From 1980 to 1983 Michael was a full-time PhD student. From 1984 to 1991, he worked as Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Byelorussian University of Technology, Minsk. After his arrival in Australia, Michael was with Monash University, Melbourne. In 1993, he joined the University of Tasmania as Lecture in Electrical Power Engineering. In January 1996, he was promoted to Senior Lecturer, and in March 2002 to Associate Professor. In 2006, he was appointed Professor, Chair in Power Engineering and Computational Intelligence, and Director of the Centre for Renewable Energy and Power Systems.

Research interests:
Professor Michael Negnevitsky has been active in initiating and conducting research in power system security, power quality, reliability, distributed and renewable power generation, demand response management and smart grids. His research also involves the development and application of intelligent systems in power systems.

Research Projects and Industry Engagement:

Professor Negnevitsky has secured 11 ARC Grants and led 54 industry projects from Australian industries (Hydro Tasmania, TasNetworks, Aurora, GO Solar, Australian Paper, Cadbury, Bell Bay Aluminium, Goliath and Goanna Energy), ARENA, CSIRO, Energy Networks Association, Australian Power Institute, and the Office of Naval Research (USA) totalling more than 23M. He was also instrumental in securing industry support for the ARC Training Centre in Energy Technologies for Future Grids ($10M, 2022-2027). The Centre includes six universities and is supported by 15 Partner Organisations. As the Key CI, he leads Energy Generation Theme.

Publications impact and quality:
Professor Negnevitsky has authored and co-authored more than 500 refereed research publications, including more than 200 journal papers, more than 350 conference papers, 14 chapters in books, three books and eight edited conference proceedings. He has received four patents for inventions. Within just the last 10 years, he has authored or co-authored more than 200 research publications including 76 refereed journal papers (49 in the last five years), more than 150 refereed conference papers and the third edition of his book. His papers have been published in top-ranked journals in his field, including IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, and Energy His book Artificial Intelligence has been translated into Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Greek and Vietnamese.

Invited presentations:
Professor Negnevitsky has delivered invited lectures at the University of Manchester, University of Eindhoven, Boston University, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology (USA), University of Colorado at Denver, Arizona State University, University of Birmingham (UK), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Moscow Technical University of Power Engineering, St Petersburg State Technical University, Shandong University of Science and Technology, TU-Dortmund, TU-Berlin and ETH-Zurich. Since 2010, he has presented 28 invited panel papers at IEEE/PEC General Meetings and other international conferences. He is also regularly invited to deliver public lectures on future energy options and large-scale renewable energy integration.

Visiting professorships:
Over the course of his extensive career, Professor Negnevitsky has held visiting professorships at the following institutions: The Center for Adaptive Systems, Boston University, USA (2000); Department of Electrical Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan (2000); Department of Computer Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA (2003); Hirota Lab, Tokyo Institute of Technology (2008); Institute of Power Systems and Power Economics, TU-Dortmund (2012); TU-Berlin (2014); ITMO University (2019, St. Petersburg, Russia); Oxford University (2025).

In September 2006, Professor Negnevitsky was appointed Adjunct Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Vermont, USA. In April 2014, he was appointed Honorary Professor of Shandong University of Science and Technology, China.

Editorial Work:
• Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (since 2023).
• Associate Editor for IEEE Power Engineering Letters (since 2023).
• Member of Editorial Board, Energies (since 2018).
• Member of Editorial Board, Energy Systems Research (since 2018).
• International Advisory Board Member, International Journal of Renewable Energy Research (since 2017).

Fellowships and professional bodies:

• The ARC College of Experts: (2023–2026).
• FIEEE - elevated on 1.01.2023.

• FIEAust, Chartered Professional Engineer (1991–present), Member of Electrical College and Member of ITEE College (2012–present).
• Member, the National ITEE College Board, Engineers Australia (2013–2014 and 2017–2018).
• Member, CIGRE AP C4 (System Technical Performance), Australian Technical Committee (1994 – present)
• Member, CIGRE AP C6 (Distribution Systems and Dispersed Generation), Australian Technical Committee (2006 – present).
• Chair, the IEEE PES Energy Development and Power Generation (EDPG) Committee (2025–2026), Vice Chair (2023-2024), Secretary (2021-2022).
• Chair, the IEEE PES International Practices Subcommittee (2018–present)
• Chair, the IEEE PES Working Group on High Renewable Energy Penetration in Remote and Isolated Power Systems (2018–present)
• Vice Chair, the IEEE PES Working Group on Asian and Australasian Infrastructure (2013–present).
• The Australasian Committee for Power Engineering: Member (1993–present), Chair (2013–2015).

Since 2000, Professor Negnevitsky organised and chaired/co-chaired more than 32 Panel Sessions at IEEE PES GMs.

Professor Negnevitsky organised and chaired many international conferences including Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conferences in 1998, 2005, 2013 and 2020. He organised and chaired Annual International Workshop “Isolated Power Systems – Connect” (King Island – 2015; Flinders Island – 2016; Rottnest Island, WA – 2017; Maui, Hawaii – 2018; Hobart – 2019; Cordova, Alaska – 2022; Noumea, New Caledonia, 2023; King Island – 2024; Cairns – 2025). 

Expertise of Professor Negnevitsky has been recognised by both peers and government. In April 2016, he served as Expert Witness at the Australian Senate Committee hearings regarding Tasmania's energy crisis.

Awards:
• Fellow of IEEE – elevated on 1.01.2023 for contributions to applications of AI techniques for control of isolated hybrid power systems.
• Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia – elected on 24.05.2007.
• Joint Australasian Committee for Power Engineering and CIGRE Australia Award for “outstanding career-long contributions to research and teaching in electric power engineering as well as contribution to industry and CIGRE activities” (2018).
• Fellowship Award, International Academy, Research, and Industry Association (IARIA) for “outstanding contributions to scientific communities” (2018).
• Letters of commendation from the National President and Chairman of Engineers Australia “in recognition of service as a Member of the ITEE College Board” during the periods of 2013-2014 and 2017-2018.
• Honorary Professor of Shandong University of Science and Technology – appointed 14.04.2014 for “outstanding achievements and contributions made to the cooperation between Shandong University of Science and Technology and University of Tasmania”.
• Fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science – (Tokyo Institute of Technology, 29 September – 22 November 2008. Title of the Research in Japan: “Soft Computing with Practical Applications in Power Industry”).
• The Recognition Award of the Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics – awarded at the 17th SOFT Hokushinetsu Branch Symposium of the Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics, 2008.