Mukesh Gautam received his B.E. and M.Sc. degrees both in electrical engineering from Tribhuvan University, Pulchowk Campus, Nepal. He also earned an M.A. in economics from Tribhuvan University, Patan Campus, Nepal. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). He is also working as a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Collaborative Researcher at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). His research interests include power system reliability, stability, and resiliency of cyber-physical energy systems, application of machine/deep learning in power systems, and renewable energy integration.