Wenfu Wei is a Professor at Southwest Jiaotong University, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a Guest Editor for IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. He conducts applied research in high-voltage insulation, electrical contact, discharge plasma, advanced electrical materials, and artificial intelligence for automation of power systems. He is the chairman of the IEEE International Standards Working Group, a member of several domestic and foreign academic organizations, a member of the editorial board of journals (IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, Railway Standard Design, and IEEE Transactions on Power Systems), and a member of the China Railway Group. He has published three academic monographs in Chinese and English, is also a prolific journal author, and holds 30 national invention patents.