Jonathan W. Kimball received the B.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, in 1994, the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) in 1996, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Illinois in 2007.

From 1996 to 1998, he worked for Motorola, Phoenix, AZ, designing IGBT modules for industrial applications. He then joined Baldor Electric, Fort Smith, AR, where he designed industrial adjustable speed drives ranging 1–150 hp. In 2003, he returned to Illinois as a Research Engineer (later a Senior Research Engineer). Later in 2003, he co-founded SmartSpark Energy Systems, Inc., in Champaign, IL, and served as Vice President of Engineering. He is currently at Missouri S&T (formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla), where he has been an Assistant Professor since January 2008. Research interests include motor control inverters, switched-capacitor converters, converters for alternative energy sources, and modeling and control of dc-dc converters.

Dr. Kimball is a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, and Phi Kappa Phi. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Illinois.