Mukesh Gautam has more than 10 years of professional experience in the field of power and energy systems and is a Senior Member of IEEE. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno, and has a diverse academic background with degrees in both Electrical Engineering and Economics. Dr. Gautam has an extensive professional history, having worked as both a lecturer and an electrical engineer, contributing to hydropower projects, academia, and research laboratories. He is currently a Research Scientist/Engineer with the Optimization and Control group at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He is involved in various energy storage projects, including the techno-economic assessment of second-life batteries for power grid applications, as well as the modeling, optimization, and assessment of long-duration energy storage. His research interests encompass power system optimization and control, power system resilience, the application of machine/deep learning in power systems, and renewable energy integration.