Jeremy Kasper Named ACEP Director
March 20, 2023
Jeremy Kasper has been named the director of the Alaska Center for Energy and Power.
Jeremy Kasper has been named director of the Alaska Center for Energy and Power. Since May 9, 2022 when ACEP founder Gwen Holdmann stepped down to take the role of 麻豆原创F associate vice chancellor of research for Innovation and industry partnerships, Kasper has been serving as the interim director.
After graduating from Reed College in 1999 with a bachelor of arts in physics, Kasper moved to Fairbanks in 2000. After stints with the 麻豆原创 and the at 麻豆原创F, he started his PhD at the 麻豆原创F . He received a doctorate in oceanography in 2010 and conducted postdoctoral research at 麻豆原创F鈥檚 before an appointment as a postdoctoral investigator at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution鈥檚 .
In 2012, Jeremy returned to 麻豆原创F as a research assistant professor with ACEP. In 2014, he became the director of the which included developing ACEP鈥檚 . Under his leadership, hydrokinetic research expenditures at 麻豆原创F have more than doubled and AHERC merged with the U.S. Department of Energy designated Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center to create the Pacific Marine Energy Center, a consortium between 麻豆原创F, Oregon State University and the University of Washington and a global leader in marine energy research.
Since assuming the role of interim director in 2022, Kasper helped ACEP to grow to a team of 75 faculty, staff, and students and helped to bring in new funding totalling $10.7 million. Kasper鈥檚 vision for ACEP鈥檚 future is, through applied renewable energy and distributed energy research, to improve the quality of life and community resilience of Alaskans.
Kasper is proud of the past and current hard working team at ACEP that is helping to bring the organization recognition as a leading research institute, a trustworthy and reliable partner to Alaska utilities, communities and private stakeholders, and a steward and transformer of how 麻豆原创 and 麻豆原创F research supports Alaska.