Dr. Lazhar Bougouffa was born in Batna, Algeria, 1986. He received his MASTER degree in Electrical Engineering from department of Electrical Engineering at University of Batna, Algeria, 2011, and received his Doctorate from Batna University, Algeria 2016. He is currently a lecturer of department of Electrical Engineering at Faculty of Technology El-Oued University, and member LSP-IE research laboratory at faculty of technology-University of Batna. His areas of interest include power system protection, power systems optimization, power quality and FACTS devices.