Derek is a research assistant professor working for the Holland Computing Center at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln and the Open Science Grid. His research interests broadly fit into the cyberinfrastructure development and deployment. Working with his team, he creates, deploys, and operates cyberinfrastructure both for Nebraska researchers, as well as global cyberinfrastructure projects who have users throughout the world. His research focuses on distributed computing and data management, networking and security for cyberinfrastructure.