Overview
Personal Profile
Danish Saleem is a senior researcher in NLR’s Energy Security and Resilience Center. He tackles complex foundational research problems, technology commercialization, the policy and practice of cybersecurity, and cybersecurity challenges for inverter-based resources. Saleem also led the development of a national cybersecurity certification program for distributed energy resources (DERs). His R&D portfolio ranges from development of next-generation technology and networking for DER communications to the implementation of security by design through public-private partnerships. Saleem chairs the Laboratory Coordination Committee for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office and serves as vice chair for an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Working Group for 1547.3, the Guide for Cybersecurity of DERs Interconnected with Electric Power Systems. He received his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Florida International University where he received the Real Triumphs Graduates Award (formerly known as Worlds Ahead Graduate award).
Research Interests
Cybersecurity for energy systems
Cybersecurity for device, network, and applications of distributed energy systems
Cyber resilience of autonomous energy systems
Cybersecurity standards for distributed energy and inverter-based resources
Personal Profile
Energy systems cybersecurity researcher and project lead, NLR (2020–2022)
Distributed energy resource cybersecurity standards lead, NLR (2018–2019)
Research coordinator, NLR (2017–2018)
Cybersecurity lab manager, NLR (2016–2017)
Research assistant, Florida International University (2016)
Electrical engineer, Descon Power Solutions (2013–2014)
Education/Academic Qualification
Master, Electrical Engineering, Florida International University
Bachelor, Electrical Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Aggregation and Grid Security Workshop Report
Saleem, D. & MaGill, C., 2026, 41 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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DER Cybersecurity Standards: Assessment and Gap Analysis
MaGill, C., Saleem, D., Waggoner, J. & deCastro, J., 2026, 30 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Aggregation and Grid Security Workshop Introduction
Saleem, D., 2025, 22 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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Cybersecurity Standards for Distributed Energy Resources: Gaps and Harmonization Strategy
MaGill, C. & Saleem, D., 2025, 21 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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Securing Solar for the Grid (S2G): Final Project Report
Saleem, D., Cryar, R., Dormuth, Z., Guerra, J., Peterson, J., Neely, C. & Waligoske, E., 2025, 11 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
Activities
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IEEE Power and Energy Society (External organization)
Sahu, A. (Member), Hoke, A. (Member), Solanki, B. (Member), Palmintier, B. (Member), Saleem, D. (Member), Comden, J. (Member), Panda, K. (Member), Panwar, M. (Member), Koralewicz, P. (Member), Dhulipala, S. C. (Member), Paul, S. (Member), Singh, V. K. (Member), Wang, W. (Member), Wright, J. (Member), Kiboma, L. (Member), Poudyal, A. (Member), Thiagarajan, R. (Member), Lara Aguilar, J. D. (Member), Kumar, U. (Member), Chen, Y. (Member), Ucer, E. (Member), Venkataramanan, V. (Member), Joshi, P. (Member) & Brodt-Giles, D. (Member)
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IEEE Standards Association (External organization)
Hoke, A. (Member) & Saleem, D. (Member)
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (External organization)
Ginley, D. (Member), Nagarajan, A. (Member), Markel, A. (Member), Bernstein, A. (Member), Solanki, B. (Member), Hodge, B.-M. (Member), Uriarte, C. (Member), Barrows, C. (Member), Perkins, C. (Member), Palmintier, B. (Member), Thomas, D.-M. (Member), Saleem, D. (Member), DeVoto, D. (Member), Khan, F. (Member), Seo, G.-S. (Member), Moreno, G. (Member), Johnson, G. (Member), Cavraro, G. (Member), Dunham, H. (Member), Jorgenson, J. (Member), Zhang, J. (Member), Sanyal, J. (Member), Kisacikoglu, J. (Member), Rivera, J. (Member), Duwadi, K. (Member), Doubleday, K. (Member), Panda, K. (Member), Sedzro, K. S. (Member), Panossian, N. (Member), Guba, N. (Member), Martin, M. (Member), Guerra Fernandez, O. J. (Member), Baggu, M. (Member), Emami, P. (Member), Paret, P. (Member), Koralewicz, P. (Member), Awara, S. (Member), McFly, S. (Member), Dhulipala, S. C. (Member), Ovaitt, S. (Member), Paul, S. (Member), Abraham, S. A. (Member), De Silva M, T. (Member), Singh, V. K. (Member), Zhang, X. (Member), Zhou, X. (Member), Agalgaonkar, Y. (Member), Wright, J. (Member), Pao, L. (Member), Kekelia, B. (Member), Chang, C.-Y. (Member), Kiboma, L. (Member), Ramirez Arbelaez, L. (Member), Chaudhary, R. (Member), Wijekoon, R. (Member), Ahrenkiel, R. (Fellow), Kurtz, S. (Member), Truong, T. (Member), Poudyal, A. (Member), Sekulic, W. (Member), Pawaskar, V. (Member) & Emery, K. (Member)
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Awards and Honors
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Cyprus Solar Car Challenge Best Urban Concept Design Award
Saleem, D. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Honorary award
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Florida International University Real Triumphs Graduates
Saleem, D. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Honorary award
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