Dr Farag received the B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, in 2004 and 2007, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Waterloo, in 2013. Since July 2013, he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, where he is currently an associate professor and former York Research Chair in Integrated Smart Energy Grids. Dr. Farag is the principal investigator of the smart grid laboratory and the lead developer of over $2M worth teaching and research laboratories in power and energy systems at Lassonde School of Engineering.

Dr. Farag is a Registered Professional Engineer in Ontario and a recipient of the prestigious Early Researcher Award (ERA) from the government of Ontario. His current research interests include the integration of distributed and renewable energy resources, electric mobility, hydrogen generation and storage, modeling, analysis, and design of microgrids, and applications of multi-agent, IoT, and blockchain technologies in smart grids.