Javier Contreras (IEEE SM’05, IEEE F’15) received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain, in 1989, the M.Sc. degree from the Uni...view moreJavier Contreras (IEEE SM’05, IEEE F’15) received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain, in 1989, the M.Sc. degree from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, in 1992, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1997. He is currently Full Professor at the University of Castilla – La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain. His research interests include power systems planning, operations and economics, and electricity markets.view less