Jonathan Kimball

Jonathan Kimball is the Department Chair and Fred W. Finley Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University. His research focuses on power electronics, microgrids, renewable energy systems, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. He leads projects in extreme fast charging (XFC) and cyber-physical system security, including work with the Missouri S&T Satellite Research Team (M-SAT).

Kimball has held roles at Motorola, Baldor Electric, and co-founded SmartSpark Energy Systems. He has served as director of Missouri S&T’s Center for Research in Energy and the Environment (2019–2022) and is a Senior Member of IEEE. His honors include multiple Faculty Excellence Awards and recognition as Outstanding Academic Advisor (2014).

His work spans publications in IEEE Transactions and other journals, with a focus on power converter modeling, microgrid stability, and control strategies for renewable integration. He actively contributes to IEEE conferences and has developed educational tools for power electronics instruction.