Abhinav Kumar Singh

Dr. Abhinav Kumar Singh is a Lecturer of Power Systems at the University of Southampton's School of Electronics and Computer Science since 2019. Previously, he held academic roles at the University of Lincoln (2017–2019) and Imperial College London (2015–2017 as Research Associate). His research focuses on real-time estimation and control of power systems, particularly addressing challenges posed by renewable energy integration. Key areas include power system dynamics, decentralized estimation/control methodologies, and modeling of renewable generation systems.

Education: B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) New Delhi (2010), PhD in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College London (2015). He leads the 68-bus benchmark system development for IEEE PES and serves as editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy.

• Research Projects: PI of National Grid’s £480K 'Economic Ageing of Transformers' (2019–2021), Co-I on UK-China EPSRC-NSFC £780K 'Resilient Operation of Sustainable Energy Systems' (2020–2023).
• Teaching: Modules include Power System Dynamics, Power Electronics for DC Transmission, and Mathematics for Electrical Engineering.
• Awards: EPSRC Doctoral Prize (2015), IEEE PES Recognition Awards (2016, 2022), and The President’s Award for Outstanding Research Team (2016).

Labs/Teams: Member of the Electrical Power Engineering group and Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory. Active in IEEE PES Task Forces on Dynamic Estimation and Standard Test Cases.