Boxue Du received the M.E.
degree in electrical engineering from Ibaraki University and the Ph.D. degree
from Tokyo University of A&T. During 1996 to 2002, he was with The Niigata
Institute of Science and Technology, Japan and was an Associate Professor. From
2000 to 2002, he was a Visiting Scientist at Niigata University, Japan. Since
2002 he has been a Professor and Director-founder of the Institute of High
Voltage at the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin
University, China.  His research
interests are focused on dielectric failure mechanisms of polymer insulating
materials, electrical insulation technology and application of polymer
dielectrics under various extreme environments such as cryogenic, high
temperature, high altitude, gamma-ray irradiation and high-intensity magnetic
field. He has published 2 books and 4 book chapters in Polymer Dielectrics, and
authored about 410 papers and over 113 of them published in IEEE Transactions.
He has also served industry and start-ups as a consultant, and served on IEEE
China Council Council on Superconductivity Chapter, Chief Committee Member;
Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering, High Voltage New Technology Committee
Member; Chinese Electrotechnical Society, Dielectric Committee Member, Outdoor
Insulator Committee Member, Plasma science and application Committee Member,
Electrical Cable and Wire Committee Member; Chinese Mechanical Engineering
Society, High Voltage and Insulation Technology Committee Member; and China
Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association of Automation Applications,
Committee Member. He is a member of IEEJ, senior member of CSEE and IEEE,
member at several WG in CIGRE. He is an Editorial Boards Member of IET High
Voltage; Chinese Journal of High Voltage Engineering, Journal of Modern Power
Systems and Clear Energy, Journal of Electrical Engineering, Journal of
Insulating Materials and Electrical & Energy Management Technology. He is
an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical
Insulation, and an Associate Editor of the IET Nanodielectrics.