Sydni S. Credle is currently Acting Deputy Director and Chief Technology Officer at the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) within the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. Over her 10-year career at NETL, Sydni has held various positions centered on portfolio management and technology development. Most recently, Dr. Credle served as a Senior Fellow for Computational Sciences and Engineering, providing technical and strategic leadership to help ensure the high-level quality and relevancy of computational programs within NETL. Sydni has also previously served as Technology Manager and portfolio lead for three (3) research and development programs within the Hydrogen with Carbon Management Program, including i) Sensors, Controls, and Novel Concepts; ii) Simulation-Based Engineering; and iii) University Training and Research. Dr. Credle holds a B.S. and M.S. degree from Florida A&M University in mechanical engineering as well as a Ph.D. from the University of Florida in the same field. In addition, Sydni is a registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) with a specialization in thermal and fluid systems for the state of West Virginia.

Nor Farida Harun received her B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in chemical engineering in 2006 and 2010, and she also holds a Ph.D. degree in the same field from McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada (2015). Dr. Harun has more than 10 years of experience working as a research scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Morgantown campus in West Virginia. Dr. Harun is one of the leading experts in cyber-physical systems and simulations of advanced energy technologies. Her research focuses include real-time dynamic modeling, system integration, system identification, dynamic characterization, and control development for hybrid energy systems.

Grant Johnson received a B.S. in computer engineering from Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, in 2006 and a M.S. degree in technology management from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, in 2015. From 2017 to 2023, he was a Cyber Security Research Manager for Ames National Laboratory in the Decision Science division. In this role, he provided program management and developed software for cyber threat information sharing, cybersecurity research demonstrations, and accelerating science with 5G and artificial intelligence for Department of Energy programs. These included developing software for automation in the sharing of and defense from cyber threats as well as leveraging blockchain within energy sector use cases. Prior to Ames, he was in the aerospace industry in various product development roles that included secure development lifecycles for safety critical systems that bridge security domains. Currently, he is in a leadership role within product development of cloud and mobile applications for the agriculture industry.

Jeremy Lawrence is a Technical Leader III in the Cyber Security for Generation Assets program within the Generation Sector at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Jeremy holds a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. He is a certified project management professional from the Project Management Institute. Jeremy also served in the United States Navy as a Chief Petty Officer. He led maintenance and operations activities aboard a nuclear-powered submarine and was a lead staff instructor. Before joining EPRI, Jeremy worked at an engineering and construction company as an Engineering Project Manager. Jeremy has led engineering and construction projects focusing on cybersecurity program development and implementation, NERC CIP, cyber intrusion detection implementation, cybersecurity hardening, emergency response, maintenance and testing, fire protection, and nuclear accident analysis.

Christina Lawson is an Engineer/Scientist II in the Cyber Security for the Generation Assets program and an OT lab manager at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Christina has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in power systems. She started at EPRI in 2019 in Program 209 as a student employee, writing web scraping Python code and working on cybersecurity field guides for an OT asset. She also helped with writing leadership materials for utility roadmaps, seeking to improve their sensor and data communication technologies and processes. She was then hired on as an Engineer/Scientist I in the Technology Innovation program, where she worked with Incubatenergy and the Strategic Insights team. Her research interests include IT/OT convergence, cybersecurity for OT assets, drones and robotics, and energy systems.

Jason M. Hollern received a B.S. in mechanical engineering (2004) and a M.S. in nuclear engineering (2006) from The Ohio State University. He is currently an Area Manager overseeing more than USD 7 million in annual research and development in digitalization (OT cybersecurity, monitoring and data analytics, and controls and automation) in the Generation Sector at EPRI. He previously held engineering positions at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, ID, USA, and AREVA NP in Charlotte, NC, USA. His research interests include applied applications of artificial intelligence in the power industry, digital worker applications for workforce development and improved operations and maintenance activities, and unmanned vehicles/robotics.

Mayank Malik received his M.S. in computer science from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York in 2005. At the time of writing, Malik was at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory leading grid cybersecurity projects in the Grid Integration Systems and Mobility group (GISMo) in the Applied Energy Division. Malik has recently developed a new algorithm for self-sovereign identity verification for securing DERs and delivered a supply chain security solution for grid assets. In 2013, Malik was awarded the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Enterprise Architecture Award, recognizing his contributions to maturing enterprise architecture throughout the Program Office and within the DOE lab complex.

Sri Nikhil Gupta Gourisetti received a Ph.D. degree in engineering sciences and systems on EE/ICS/OT cybersecurity research, coupled with multiple top/tier cybersecurity certifications (CISSP, GICSP, and GRID). He has led projects in multiple sectors, such as energy and power, biomanufacturing, and advanced manufacturing. He has more than ten years of experience in the energy and manufacturing sectors with a mix of research and development, engineering, operations, and application development. His professional history ranges from driving strategy and engineering execution as a cybersecurity lead in a multi-billion-dollar startup to collaborating and leading research and development for the U.S. DOE, DARPA, and DOS in interdisciplinary for-profit and nonprofit (national laboratory) organizations. Sri currently leads multiple Industry 4.0 projects including cloud-based smart factory architectures, cybersecurity engineering, and digital twins modeling for manufacturing networks. He serves as the cybersecurity task force chair for the IEEE Blockchain in Energy Standards WG (P2418.5).

Dr. D. Jonathan Sebastian-Cardenas is an Electrical Research Engineer at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He holds a B.Eng. and M.Sc. in electrical engineering from the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexico), as well as a Ph.D. in computer science from Washington State University. Dr. Sebastian-Cardenas’s research focuses on enhancing grid resiliency and advancing the modernization of power grids. His research efforts are driven by the need to address the cybersecurity and privacy issues of emerging edge grid technologies, such as DERs/IoTs. His work utilizes concepts such as fault-tolerant systems, decentralized grid architectures, and privacy-enhancing technologies. He serves as the smart contract task force co-lead for the IEEE Blockchain in Energy Standards WG (P2418.5).

Beverly Johnson received a B.S. degree in project administration, with a minor in English, from Central Washington University in 1998 and holds a PMP certification. She is a project manager at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory who manages cybersecurity projects that support critical infrastructure protection systems and enhance electrical grid resilience through applied research and development solutions.

Mr. Markel leads and develops new research efforts necessary to address cyber-physical security challenges and ensure robust operations of power systems and the sectors that depend on it. He is currently working in a cybersecurity threats assessment group. His experience covers vehicle electrification, grid integration, optimization, and cybersecurity of infrastructure. He has earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering.

David Tucker’s career spans research and scientific successes in industry, academia, and the government sectors. At the U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Dr. Tucker serves as the Hybrid Performance (Hyper) project leader with research focuses in cyber-physical systems, hardware-in-the-loop simulations, real-time dynamic modeling, hybrid system dynamics and controls, solid oxide fuel cell degradation, piezoelectric flow detection, high-temperature piezoelectric valves, and cybersecurity using blockchain.  During his tenure at NETL, Dr. Tucker developed a cyber-physical system for energy research six years before the National Science Foundation coined the term in 2008. At Jacobs Engineering Group, Dr. Tucker served as a lead engineer in piping and materials engineering. He taught at the University of West Alabama as a chemistry professor, performing research in the flash pyrolysis of waste biomass in high-temperature plasma. As Managing Director for Southern Ventures, Inc., Dr. Tucker took the company public and led corporate direction for zero-emission conversion of waste materials into chemical products.