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engineering (M.Sc.) in 2015 from the University of the Ryukyus, Japan; the other in business administration (MBA) in 2016 from the National Institute of Business Management, India); and a doctorate in sustainable energy (Ph.D.) in 2018 from the University of the Ryukyus. He chaired and has been a committee member of several conferences and symposiums and has more than 50 publications. His main research interest is sustainable energy (policy, economics, market, environment, and management), smart cities and housing, storage systems, voltage stability, and related areas.




Tomonobu Senjyu
Professor Tomonobu Senjyu was born in Saga Prefecture, Japan, in 1963. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Japan, in 1986 and 1988, respectively; and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, in 1994. He is currently a full professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, the University of the Ryukyus. He is an active scholar who makes not only theoretical and practical contributions to the industry but, as well, helps to produce valuable human resources in his graduates. Most of his students are from developing countries, pursuing their studies under Japanese government scholarships. He has supervised tens of Ph.D. dissertations since 2004. His former students are now actively involved in industrial and academic fields throughout the world.



Professor Senjyu leads the Power Energy System Control Laboratory (PESC), which employs recent technology and produces novel research outcomes. His laboratory publishes several peer-reviewed journals each year. He has made salient contributions to many international journals and has more than 500 peer-reviewed publications in high-ranking academic databases to his credit. His research interests are in renewable energy, power system optimization and operation, power electronics, and advanced control of electrical devices.

Najib Rahman Sabory


Associate Professor Najib Rahman Sabory graduated from Electrical and Electronics department of engineering school at Kabul University in 2001. Since then he has been teaching in this department. From 2009-2011, he served as the deputy dean for the Engineering school at Kabul University. After a Fulbright scholarship was awarded to him in 2011, he completed a master's degree in Sustainable Energy and a graduate certificate in Project Management from A. James Clark School of Engineering at University of Maryland College Park. He has also earned an MBA in 2014 from World Wide Science Academy in Malaysia. Mr. Sabory was awarded a UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research) fellowship in 2007 for a period of seven months. He learned many advanced concepts in project management, leadership and change management. He later remained in this program for 2008 and 2009 cycles as coach and resource person. Mr. Sabory has participated in a series of workshops and symposiums about leadership and entrepreneurship back in US. In 2011, Mr. Sabory led an Inter-ministerial Commission for Energy (ICE) committee for preparing capacity building strategy for energy sector of Afghanistan.

Currently Mr. Sabory serves as Associate professor and head of the Energy Department of engineering school at Kabul University. He is also the deputy chairman of Afghanistan Renewable Energy Union (AREU) since early 2017. Moreover, he is the rotating chairman of Afghanistan Awareness and Analysis (A3), a Kabul based Think-Tank.