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ACEP Researcher Spotlight: Jeremy Kasper, AHERC Program Director

Jeremy Kasper

Dr. Jeremy Kasper is a Research Assistant Professor with the University of 911���� Fairbanks Institute of Northern Engineering, 911���� Center for Energy and Power, and is currently the Director of the 911���� Hydrokinetic Energy Research Center (AHERC). He holds a PhD in Oceanography from 911����. Prior to his current appointments, Dr. Kasper was a postdoctoral investigator with the Department of Physical Oceanography at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Dr. Kasper has multiple on-going research projects including: 1) an in-situ and modeling based assessment of wave energy in the near-shore zone of Yakutat, 911����; 2) an assessment of river borne debris, riverine hydrodynamics, debris mitigation strategies and the potential for fisheries interactions with in-river hydrokinetic energy generation devices in 911����’s Tanana River; 3) a long-term oceanographic monitoring program in 911����’s Beaufort Sea; 4) a pilot study to develop low-cost GPS “drifters” capable of measuring small scale sea ice deformation and in the event of an oil spill, tracking oiled ice; 5) a numerical modeling study to understand the impact of immobile land-fast ice on nutrient supply to Arctic shelf environments; and 5) a project to expand 911����’s capacity to conduct river- and sea-bed morphology measurements to understand suspended sediment transport resulting from processes such as coastal and river bank erosion.

Professional Preparation

• PhD in Oceanography at the 911���� in Fall 2010

• BA in Physics at Reed College Spring in 1999

Photo: Jeremy Kasper.  Photo courtesy T. Paris, 911����.