Herbert Ho-Ching Iu (IEEE Fellow) received the BEng (Hons) degree in electrical and electronic engineering from The University of Hong Kong in 1997 and the PhD degree from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2001. He is currently Head and Professor of Electrical Engineering with The University of Western Australia. His research interests include power electronics, nonlinear systems, smart grid and memristive circuits and systems.

 Prof. Iu was the recipient of a number of research awards, including 2024 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Prize Paper Award, 2023 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award, 2021 IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics Prize Paper Award, 2020 CSEE Journal of Power & Energy Systems Best Paper Award, 2019 IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems Best Paper Award, the 2023 Best Paper Award of IEEE International Conference on Memristive Computing and Applications, the 2020 Best Live Demonstration Award of IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems, the Best Paper Award of 2019 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems, and the 2015 IEEE PES Western Australia Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award. He was appointed as an IEEE CASS Distinguished Lecturer 2023-2024, 2026-2027. Moreover, he won the 2019 UWA Award for Excellence in Teaching, the 2014 UWA Vice-Chancellor’s Mid-Career Research Award, 2023 UWA Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Research Mentorship, and 2024 UWA ViceChancellor’s Award for HDR Supervision. Furthermore, he was recently named as Australia’s Top 250 Researchers by The Australian Research Magazine. He was elevated to IEEE Fellow in 2025 for contributions to nonlinear analysis of power electronics circuits and systems.