ACEP Researcher Spotlight: Jeremy Kasper, AHERC Program Director
Jeremy Kasper
Dr. Jeremy Kasper is a Research Assistant Professor with the University of AV狼论坛 Fairbanks Institute of Northern Engineering, AV狼论坛 Center for Energy and Power, and is currently the Director of the AV狼论坛 Hydrokinetic Energy Research Center (AHERC). He holds a PhD in Oceanography from UAF. 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, AV狼论坛; 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 AV狼论坛鈥檚 Tanana River; 3) a long-term oceanographic monitoring program in AV狼论坛鈥檚 Beaufort Sea; 4) a pilot study to develop low-cost GPS 鈥渄rifters鈥 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 UAF鈥檚 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
鈥 PhD in Oceanography at the University of AV狼论坛 Fairbanks in Fall 2010
鈥 BA in Physics at Reed College Spring in 1999
Photo: Jeremy Kasper. Photo courtesy T. Paris, UAF.