Prof. Amany El-Zonkoly received her M.Sc. in 1999 from Alexandria University and received her Ph.D. in 2003 from Tanta University. She is currently a professor in the Department of Electrical & Control Engineering, Collage of Engineering & Technology in the Arab Academy for Science , Technology & Maritime Transport. Her current research activities are in the field of power system planning and operation, distributed generation and power system optimization.