Dr. Bjorn Vaagensmith is a power system researcher at Idaho National Laboratory. His current research interests include photovoltaics devices, new electronic materials, THz rectification, electric grid hardening, energy generation, and cybersecurity. Vaagensmith received his M.S and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis on Electronic Materials and Devices from South Dakota State University in 2014 and 2016, respectively. While at South Dakota State University, he was awarded the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship scholarship in 2012 to conduct research on transparent photovoltaics and develop solution processed transparent electrodes.