Antonios Antonopoulos

Antonios Antonopoulos is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electric Power, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He holds a PhD from KTH Royal Institute of Technology (2013) and has worked at ABB Research Center (2008–2017) and as a visiting researcher at NTNU (2018). His research focuses on high-power electronic converters, motor drive systems, and power grid applications. He teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses including Industrial Electronics, Power Electronics I–II, and Electrical Machine Control Systems.

Education:

• Bachelor's in Electrical and Computer Engineering, NTUA (2002–2007)
• PhD in Power Electronics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (2008–2013)

His research interests emphasize advanced power electronics, particularly in modular multilevel converters (MMCs), soft-switching techniques, and high-efficiency energy conversion. His recent work addresses challenges in converter reliability, thermal management, and real-time control strategies. Antonopoulos has published extensively on topics like LLC converter design, MOSFET-based loss modeling, and IGBT lifetime assessment. He actively contributes to academic courses and industry-relevant R&D projects.