Director’s Message
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I’m proud to step into the role of Interim Director of the Eversource Energy Center, continuing a mission I’ve been part of since the Center’s inauguration in 2015.
The Center is a premier U.S. partnership between Eversource Energy and UConn, bringing faculty, post-docs, and students together with industry professionals to tackle evolving grid challenges.
Prof. Emmanouil Anagnostou founded the Center in 2015 after three major storms — Irene, the Halloween Nor’easter, and Sandy — struck New England between 2011 and 2012, with a mission to strengthen utility preparedness, harden infrastructure, and build the grid of the future: intelligent, interactive, automated, reliable, and safe. That mission is more urgent than ever amid intensifying weather, growing electrification, and rising cyber and physical security threats.
Our faculty expertise span power systems, computer engineering, civil and environmental engineering, atmospheric science, hydrology, natural resources and forest management, remote sensing, human behavior, social and political sciences, and economics. Graduate and undergraduate students are core contributors to our work, gaining hands-on research experience alongside faculty and industry partners. Beyond research, our team provides utilities, agencies, municipalities, and communities with science-based guidance for their operations and planning.
We appreciate your interest in the Eversource Energy Center and invite you to explore our website and most recent Annual Report.
You can also follow us on our social media platforms for exciting news and updates.
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Prof. Marina Astitha, Ph.D. |
Published: August 26, 2026
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