Vernon Cooray is a leading Professor of lightning research at Uppsala University where his research interests include experimental and theoretical aspects of electromagnetic compatibility, electromagnetic wave propagation, lightning physics, lightning protection and the physics of electrical discharges. He is the vice president of the scientific committee of the International Conference on Lightning Protection and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Lightning Research. He has published more than 270 scientific articles on lightning and electrical discharges including Lightning Electromagneti...