Cyrus Wadia

Who is Cyrus Wadia?

Dr. Cyrus Wadia is the Assistant Director for Clean Energy & Materials R&D with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy where he works on Federal policies to accelerate innovation and deployment of advanced material systems for clean energy, national security, and human welfare. Dr. Wadia is on leave from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley where he holds a dual appointment as Faculty & Co-Director of Clean Tech to Market and Research Scientist. He has researched exhaustible resource economics and aqueous chemistry of nanoparticles. Dr. Wadia recently received the MIT Technology Review Young Innovator award.

Prior to his work at LBNL, Dr. Wadia spent seven 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.

Dr. Wadia earned his PhD in Energy & Resources from U.C. Berkeley and holds both an M.S. and S.B. in Chemical Engineering from MIT.