Prior to joining RIT, he worked for the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) as a Research Engineer on a project for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering with a focus on Power Electronics and Control from The Ohio State University in 2015 and a BS in Engineering from the University of Tennessee at Martin with a minor in physics. His research interests include the integration of renewable sources and energy storage to the power grid and ac and/or dc microgrids, modeling and control of power electronic systems, and Hardware in the Loop (HIL) verification strategies. Dr. Herrera received the Ohio Space Grant Consortium (OSGC) Doctoral Fellowship during his PhD studies.