Dr. Wayes Tushar is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Queensland. He received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2007 and his Ph.D. degree in Engineering from the Australian National University (ANU) in 2013. Tushar joined the University of Queensland in 2017 as an Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2021. Previously, he worked as a Research Scientist at the SUTD-MIT International Design Centre (IDC) in Singapore from March 2015 to July 2017 and as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Engineering Product Development Pillar at Singapore University of Technology and Design from September 2013 to February 2015. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and coordinates courses such as ENGG4800 Project Management, ENGG1300 Introduction to Electrical Systems, and ELEC7309 Power System Planning and Reliability.

His research focuses on energy management for smart grids, including applications of game theory, auction theory, data science, and design thinking. Tushar has led multiple research grants as Principal Investigator and Co-Chief Investigator, such as the Advance Queensland Fellowship (2017-2020), Energy Queensland community batteries project funded by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (2025-2028), AI-assisted value proposition for stakeholders in community energy sharing (2025-2027), and Solar PV based hybrid microgrid system for efficient building energy management (2024-2026). Notable awards include UQ Awards for Excellence for demonstrating leadership in Early and Mid-Career Researcher Committee activities (2024), the Rising Star award from the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (2020), Best Paper Award at IEEE International Conference on Communications (2013), and Best Student Paper Award at Australian Communications Theory Workshop (2012). Key publications encompass the book chapter "Smart grid communications and standard" (IET Publishing, 2017), "Economics of electric vehicle charging: a game theoretic approach" (IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2012), "Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading with Sustainable User Participation: A Game Theoretic Approach" (IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2018), "Health EquiMetrics for battery assessment — A novel metric for end-of-life evaluation beyond state-of-health" (Journal of Energy Storage, 2026), and "A review on network-aware control of distributed energy resources under the dynamic operating envelopes framework" (Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2025). His scholarship has accumulated over 9,150 citations, impacting peer-to-peer energy trading, renewable integration, and sustainable energy systems.

Professional Email: w.tushar@uq.edu.au