[1] Fan specializing in the dynamics, system identification, and control theory of electrical grids and electric power conversion, and especially on the integration into these systems of inverter-based resources connected to variable renewable energy sources such as wind power and solar power.
Fan is originally from a small village on the coast of East China, the daughter of a teacher and a hydraulic engineer.
[2] She studied electrical engineering at Southeast University in Nanjing, earning bachelor's and master's degrees in 1994 and 1997 respectively.
[1] After six years working for the industry at Midwest ISO, a nonprofit energy transmission organization based in St. Paul, Minnesota,[1][2] Lingling joined North Dakota State University as an assistant professor in 2007.
[1][3] Fan is the author or coauthor of books including:[1] Fan was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 2022, "for contributions to stability analysis and control of inverter-based resources".