Varun Mehra is currently a graduate student in the Technology and Policy Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Previously, he was a Technology-to-Market Analyst with the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) within the Department of Energy, working with academic institutions and small companies to help commercialize energy technologies. While at ARPA-E, he also helped to launch the first inter-agency partnership with the National Science Foundation's Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program, aimed at educating early-stage technology developers on business model development.
Sebastien Lounis recently completed his Ph.D. in Applied Science & Technology at UC Berkeley. While at Berkeley, he was co-president of the Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative (BERC), an organization connecting over 3,000 students, faculty and industry members around programing and events related to energy innovation. He also served as editor in chief of the Berkeley Science Review, where he led a team of writers, editors and designers telling stories about research coming out of the university. Sebastien also holds a B.S. in Physics and a B.S. in Philosophy from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is currently a member of the Cyclotron Road team, heading up its work in Communications and Partnerships.
Building New Homes for Energy Innovation
As discussions begin today at the 10th MIT Energy Conference, the energy sector ponders how industry, government, and the scientific community can combine forces to enable the rapid evolution of the energy system.