Dr. Amro Elshurafa is a Research Fellow in King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has over 15 years of experience in the fields of energy and technology in three continents. His research interests lie in renewable energy policy, power systems modeling, and hybrid microgrid design and optimization.
He has led and executed several national modeling initiatives both on the distributed and utility scale.
Dr. Elshurafa holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, from Dlhaousie University, an MBA in finance, from University of Liverpool, is the author of over 40 papers, and the inventor of several patents.