Gustavo Marchesan holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria, where he also completed his master's and bachelor's degrees. He has been a professor at the same institution since 2019 and is part of the graduate program in Electrical Engineering. Previously, he served 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 of distributed generation, power quality, unconventional two-wire power distribution systems, microgrids, and electromagnetic transients. He is a reviewer for several journals and a member of the editorial board of the Revista Eletrônica de Pesquisa em Engenharia (UNIPAMPA). He is part of the Center for Excellence in Energy and Power Systems (CEESP), the Laboratory for Analysis and Protection of Electrical Systems (LAPES), and contributed to the creation and consolidation of the Advanced Studies Group in Energy Engineering (GrEEn). He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES), and an advisor for the IEEE PES Student Branch Chapter at UFSM.