Juan Gallego-Calderon, an engineer at Idaho National Laboratory, discusses how his education and work with other energy technologies led him to exploring how hydropower can play a more active role in the electricity grid.
Learn how Kristine Moody, a molecular ecologist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, developed an intense curiosity about aquatic creatures, leading to a career in water power.
Matthew Grosso, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office, shares how his childhood interest in history and inspiration from Abraham Lincoln led him to become a leader in public service.
Madeline Nelson, a project manager in the field of rope access geohazard mitigation, discusses her diverse career path that led to scaling rock walls and keeping hydropower dams safe.
Megan Lee Anderson, an R&D mechanical engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, shares her childhood interest in helping the environment, and how a lifetime of interaction with the coastline, along with a series of serendipitous events led her to a career in marine energy.
Andrew Simms, a researcher at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, discusses how a childhood experience, his father’s influence, and his quest to find a sense of purpose led him to a career path where he is searching for the “big answer” in wave energy.
Jennifer Garson, the outgoing director of the Water Power Technologies Office, shares how saying “OK” to opportunities led her to working in clean energy and her thoughts on the important role water power plays in the clean energy transition.
Chinmayee Subban, a researcher at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, shares what farmers taught her about water, how marine energy could power carbon capture, and how her daughter helps gauge how relevant her research is to broad audiences.
Jen Trimble's desire to protect people and serve a bigger picture has led her from the U.S. Army to public works in Texas to her current role: operations manager for the U.S. Department of Energy's Water Power Technologies Office.
Sohom Datta, a senior power systems engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, conducts research that could help identify communities that are most vulnerable to wildfires and how they could prepare to weather them with help from hydropower.