One specific author bold with IEEEtran.bst bibliography style

Question

I would like to put 1 specific author in bold in my bibliography.

• I need to use IEEEtran.bst bibliography style, but I couldn't find any example in the documentation (http://mirrors.rit.edu/CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran/bibtex/IEEEtran_bst_HOWTO.pdf).

• I cannot modify my .bib file since it is shared with other documents that do not require the bold author.

This post: Bold of authors list changes style with bibtex was much more helpful than the IEEEtran documentation, however it puts in bold ALL authors, not one specific author.

(The solution here: Make one author's name bold every time it shows up in the bibliography doesn't work.)

I hope you can help me. Thanks!

Answer 1

I have solved by creating a copy of IEEEtran.bst and by using the tips in this post: Why is the BST hack for highlighting author name not working?

Hopefully it's helpful for someone :)