Gustavo Marchesan holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria, where he also completed his master's and undergraduate studies. He has been a professor at the same institution since 2019 and is part of the graduate program in Electrical Engineering. Previously, he worked as a professor at the Federal University of Pampa (2016-2019), where he taught courses in Energy Engineering and Computer Engineering.He has experience in research projects focused on islanding detection in distributed generation, power quality, unconventional two-wire power distribution systems, microgrids, and electromagnetic transients. He is a reviewer for various journals and a member of the editorial board of the Electronic Journal of Research in Engineering (UNIPAMPA).He is part of the Center of Excellence in Energy and Power Systems (CEESP), the Laboratory of Analysis and Protection of Electrical Systems (LAPES), and contributed to the creation and consolidation of the Advanced Study Group in Energy Engineering (GrEEn). He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES), serves as secretary of the IEEE UFSM Joint Chapter, and is an advisor to the IEEE PES Student Branch Chapter at UFSM.Additionally, he is a member of the FAPERGS Advisory Committee and acts as an Ad Hoc Consultant for the Secretariat of Innovation, Science, and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul.In 2025, a project was approved in the preliminary results of the CNPq Productivity in Research Grant call (level C), with a proposal in the area of islanding detection in distributed generation systems