Cassie Koerner is the Assistant Director of the CAES Energy Policy Institute (EPI) at Boise State University. EPI is currently leading a DOE-funded consortium to improve consent-based processes, especially focused on critical infrastructure and spent nuclear fuel. She researches policy change at the wildfire-electric grid interface and resilience as a key factor to effective energy transitions.

As a social scientist with experience in the public electric utility sector, her previous research experience in policy and public administration covered a range of topics including: renewable energy in the west, nuclear perceptions, energy efficiency, carbon sequestration, international carbon markets, as well as general energy and environmental issues.