Dr. Jairo Giraldo received his bachelor in Electronic Engineering from the National University of Colombia in 2010 and masters and PhD from the University of the Andes, Colombia in 2012 and 2015, respectively. Dr. Giraldo is currently a Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah, and part of the Utah Smart Energy Laboratory. His research are centered around cyber-physical systems security and privacy using tools from control theory and optimization, and with applications in power energy systems.