He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Operations Research from the University of California at Berkeley in 2008 and 2010 respectively. Dr. Hedman holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering, specializing in power engineering, and he holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Economics. Dr. Hedman previously worked for the California ISO (CAISO), Folsom, CA, on transmission planning and he has worked with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington, D.C., on transmission switching. In 2017, Dr. Hedman received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), awarded by President Barack H. Obama.