Prof Inġ Michael Galea FIET FRAeS SM’IEEE received the Ph.D. degree in electrical machines in 2013 from the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K. He was promoted to Full Professor of Electrical Machines and Drives with the University of Nottingham in 2019. Since 2021, Prof Galea is with the Department of Electrical Engineering of the University of Malta. His main research interests include design and development of electrical machines and drives (classical and unconventional), reliability and lifetime degradation of electrical machines and the more electric aircraft. Michael is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology FIET, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society FRAeS and an IEEE Senior Member of the SM’IEEE. Prof Galea is the General Secretary of the IEEE IES Electrical Machines Technical Committee. He serves as Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and for the IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification. Prof Galea is listed in the Oxford-Elsevier Top 2% Scientists ranking of 2021 and also in the Stanford-Elsevier Top 2% Scientists ranking of 2025.
