Cyrus Wadia
Dr. Cyrus Wadia is a Senior Polciy Analyst with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
Cyrus is on leave from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) and the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley where he holds a dual appointment as: Faculty & Co-Director of Clean Tech to Market [1] and Research Scientist. His research in both exhaustible resource economics and the aqueous chemistry of nanoparticles is motivated by the pursuit of new low cost energy technologies using earth abundant materials.[2] [3] [4]
Cyrus was recently honored for his groundbreaking work with earth-abundant nanoparticle solar cells as a recipient of the MIT Technology Review Young Innovator award[5].
Prior to his work at LBNL, Cyrus spent over 7 years in Silicon Valley launching new technology to market. First as an engagement manager with R.B. Webber & Co where he worked with over 15 different venture backed startups; and next as a Senior Product Manager with AvantGo, where he completed several successful new product introductions. More recently, Cyrus founded a boutique Internet services startup specializing in complex data analysis for which he now serves as Chairman of the Board. Cyrus earned his PhD in Energy & Resources from U.C. Berkeley and holds both an M.S. and S.B. in Chemical Engineering from MIT.
References
- ^ Clean Tech to Market Website: http://ei.haas.berkeley.edu/c2m/
- ^ Materials Availability Expands the Opportunity for Large-Scale Photovoltaics Deployment, Wadia, Cyrus; Alivisatos, A. Paul; Kammen Dan; Environmental Science & Technology 2009, 43 (6), 2072-2077
- ^ Surfactant-Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis of Single phase Pyrite FeS2 Nanocrystals, Wadia, Cyrus; Wu, Yue; Gul, Sheraz; Volkman, Steven; Guo, Jinghua; Alivisatos, A. Paul, Chemistry of Materials 2009, 21, 2568-2570
- ^ Synthesis and photovoltaic application of copper(I) sulfide nanocrystals, Wadia, Cyrus; Wu, Yue(equal contribution); Ma, Wanli; Sadtler, Bryce; Alivisatos, A. Paul, Nano Letters 2008, 8, (8), 2551-2555.
- ^ http://www.technologyreview.com/tr35/
- Transition Metal/Fluorite Oxides as Active Catalysts for the Reduction of SO2 by CO, Liu, Wei; Wadia, Cyrus; Stephanopolous, Dr. Maria-Flytzani; Catalysis Today 1997, 28 (4), 391
- Ask the Energy Expert - Why is Solar Taking so Long? Wadia, Cyrus; Good Magazine, December 28th, 2009
- Professional web site: http://www.cyruswadia.com
- ABC News Segment: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/drive_to_discover&id=6672335
- How to Bring Solar Energy to 7BB People: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjrNkkOi8V4