Jonathan White, Ph.D., is the manager for the Secure Cyber-Energy Systems group within the Energy Security and Resilience Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. NREL’s Energy Security and Resilience Center focuses on the identification and mitigation of cyber and physical threats to today’s power grid while providing pathways to a more intrinsically secure and resilient future grid. White leads a team of 22 researchers and analysts who specialize in cybersecurity vulnerability analysis, encryption technologies for distributed energy resources, and advanced modeling, emulation, and visualization tools to evaluate the security of power-communications networks. He earned his doctorate and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Purdue University, and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from The Ohio State University.