**Stephan Brettschneider**

Stephan Brettschneider is a member of the International Research Centre on Atmospheric Icing and Power Network Engineering (CENGIVRE) and the Modeling and Diagnosis of Power Line Equipment Laboratory (MODELE) at the University of Quebec in Chicoutimi (UQAC). In August 2019, he was appointed professor at this university in the fields of power systems and high-voltage engineering. Previously, he worked in the power industry for 19 years. He obtained his PhD at UQAC in 2000, where he conducted research on high-voltage discharges.
