Autor: Steven Fernandez

Dr. Thomas J. Wilbanks is a Corporate Research Fellow at ORNL and leads Global Change and Developing Country Programs at the Laboratory. The programs that he coordinates have undertaken more than 60 projects in 40 developing countries in the past two decades. Mof these projects are directly concerned with science and technology for sustainability, including enhancing local capacities for S&T innovation and application. In recyears, he has been involved in such activities as the USAID climate change initiative, the NASA-supported Association of American Geographers (AAG) project on Global Change in Local Places, the U.S. National Assessmof Possible Consequences of Climate Variability and Change, and IPCC Working Group II. He is a past Presidof the AAG and has served on numerous committees of NAS/NRC, including currmembership in its committee on Human Dimensions of Global Change. Curractivities include the developmof tools to facilitate an integrated analysis of climate change impact response alternatives, assessments of climate change vulnerability and responses in developing countries, and potentials for accelerating clean energy technology use in developing countries.Dr. Steven J. Fernandez is a senior research and developmstaff member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His interests at the laboratory include the modeling of the interdependelectric grid disruptions, obtaining real-time grid status as data ingestion points and how these results can help utility and community response plans. His experience includes directing the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center efforts in the electric grid, economic analysis at Los Alamos National Laboratory and leading critical infrastructure protection efforts for national security research organizations at the Idaho National Laboratory. In Idaho, Dr. Fernandez established the national SCADA test bed, currently a critical componof the Departmof Energy Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability strategy. He received a Bachelor of Science in chemical physics from Centre College, a Master of Science in engineering from Washington State University and a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Idaho.