Ariadi Hazmi received B. Eng., M. Eng., and Dr. Eng. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Universitas Sriwijaya, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, and Gifu University of Japan in 1998, 2002, 2008, respectively. Since 1999, He is lecturer at Universitas Andalas of Indonesia and now serves as a Professor. His research interest is lightning and plasma physics.