Martina Calais

I have been involved in power electronic and grid connected photovoltaic systems technology research for over 25 years. My research experiences include power electronic converter simulation, control and analysis, testing and evaluating grid-connected transformerless single-phase photovoltaic (PV) inverters with respect to safety and power quality, grid integration, safety audits as well as monitoring and performance analysis of PV systems. During 2007 I worked with Verve Energy and gained experience in sustainable energy business development and insights into the economics and technology of Verve Energy’s Wind Diesel Systems. Between 2017-20 I was the chief Murdoch University investigator in the collaborative research project with Horizon Power “Carnarvon Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Trials”, funded by Horizon Power and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). This project was concerned with a series of practical trials, experiments and studies in Carnarvon with the aim of increasing distributed Photovoltaic and battery system hosting capacity in remote microgrids.

I am currently supervising four PhD students and have extensive teaching and curriculum development experience in power electronics, applied photovoltaics, wind energy engineering, and renewable energy systems grid integration and design. I am the academic chair for the electrical power and renewable energy engineering majors for undergraduate and postgraduate engineering courses at Murdoch University.