Cyrus Wadia

Assistant Director for Clean Energy & Materials R&D, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Cyrus Wadia works on federal policies to accelerate innovation and deployment of advanced material systems for clean energy, national security and human welfare. He is on leave from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) and the Haas School of Business where he holds a dual appointment as co-director of Clean Tech to Market and research scientist. His research has been motivated by the pursuit of new low cost energy technologies using earth abundant materials. For his work with novel solar cells, Wadia was a recipient of the MIT TR35 Young Innovator award.

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