Dr. Yan Xu

Cham Tao Soon Professor in Engineering & Director, Center for Power Engineering NTU

Yan Xu currently holds the Cham Tao Soon Professorship in Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), an endowed professorship named after the founding president of NTU. He also serves as Director of the Centre for Power Engineering and Co-Director of the SP Group–NTU Joint Lab. Dr. Xu's research interests include power system stability, optimization, and data analytics. He holds Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF) Investigatorship (Class of 2026), under which he conducts research on Singapore's renewable power import and regional grid interconnection.

Dr Xu's professional service roles include Associate Editor for IEEE Trans. Smart Grid and IEEE Trans. Power Systems, Chairman of IEEE PES Singapore Chapter (2021 and 2022), and the General Co-Chair of the 11th IEEE ISGT-Asia Conference in 2022.

Dr. Xu is the recipient of the Nanyang Research Award (Young Investigator) from NTU, and the Outstanding Engineer Award from the IEEE PES Singapore Chapter. He and his team have received IEEE Trans. Smart Grid Outstanding Paper Recognition (2024 and 2021), the IET Premium Award – Best Paper (2022), and the Applied Energy Highly Cited Paper Award (2018), as well as over 10 best paper awards from IEEE PES conferences.