Professor Jongbae Park earned his Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Seoul National University, and has been a professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Konkuk University since 2001. He also serves as Editorial Director and Chair of the Power Policy Research Committee at the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers. Over the past 30 years, he has conducted extensive research and activities in areas such as power and energy policy, renewable energy, electricity markets and economics, and power system planning and operation. He has worked and conducted research at Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), Anyang University, and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in the U.S., and has served as a visiting professor at Rutgers University. He currently holds roles as a member of the Energy Committee at the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy, and as an outside director of KEPCO.