Vignesh Venkata Gopala Krishnan

Vignesh Venkata Gopala Krishnan serves as an Assistant Research Professor at Washington State University within the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, where he holds a leadership role in the CREDC (Center for Research Excellence in Dynamic Cybersecurity) research center. His work focuses on advancing cyber-physical security for critical infrastructure, particularly the electric power grid.

His core research interests include:

• Cybersecurity of critical infrastructure
• Cyber-physical systems resilience
• Metrics and tools for measuring grid cyber resiliency
• Federated testbed experimentation methodologies
• Resilience assessment frameworks
• Real-time cyber threat mitigation for power systems

Through CREDC, Dr. Krishnan leads initiatives developing practical assessment tools and experimental protocols to quantify and enhance grid resilience against evolving cyber threats, bridging theoretical research with real-world grid security applications.