Malek R.

Malek R. is an experienced Senior Power Electronics Engineer at Spark Connected since March 2020. Malek R. also serves as Co-Chair of the Light Electric Vehicle Spec Group and the Enhanced Foreign Object Detection Task Force for the Wireless Power Consortium, focusing on specifications for light electric vehicles and mitigating adverse effects of foreign object exposure in wireless power transfer. Prior to current roles, Malek R. was an Assistant Professor at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, a Post-Doc Research Associate at Washington State University, Adjunct Faculty at The University of Alabama, and a Lecturer at Abadan. Malek R. holds a PhD and an MS in Electrical Engineering from The University of Alabama, completed in 2018 and 2016, respectively.