Anurag Panda

About

I am a technology innovation policy scholar. My research interests are in understanding the innovation processes and in informing the policy ecosystem to advance low-carbon and sustainable development technologies. I am particularly interested in research directions that can inform green growth in middle- and low-income countries. I received my PhD in semiconductor materials science. I have a proven track record of conducting laboratory research in electronic materials, managing research groups, raising funding, and finding commercial pathways for new technologies in the energy access sector.

Employment

• Harvard University Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
  2022 - Present
• Government of India Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy Fellow
  2020 - 2022
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology Postdoctoral Research Associate - Emerging Technologies and Market Team Lead
  2018 - 2020
• University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Graduate Research Assistant; Safety Officer
  2012 - 2017
• Cooper Union Undergraduate Research Assistant; Lab Manager
  2007 - 2011

Education

• University of Michigan–Ann Arbor PhD
  2012 - 2017
• University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Masters
  2011 - 2013
• Cooper Union Bachelors
  2007 - 2011

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (24)

• Fusion power experience rates are overestimated
  Nature Energy 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-026-02023-8
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• Knowledge interdependencies between lithium- and sodium-ion battery chemistries
  Nature Energy 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-026-01985-z
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• Fusion power unlikely to become competitive
  Nature Energy 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-026-02022-9
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• A framework to assess green industrial policy and inform the public debate
  PLOS Climate 2025 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000614
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• Design of a custom vapor transport co-deposition system for scalable production of perovskite solar cells
  Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A 2023
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• Cross-sector collaborations and research alliances within Indian universities and private sector: a perspective on the sustainable nanotechnology sector
  DST Centre for Policy Research, IISc 2022
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• Solar Make-in-India needs a long-term strategy
  Financial Express 2021
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• Understanding SELCO's ecosystem approach to building sustainable livelihoods
  DOEN Foundation 2021
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• 5th National Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy of India
  Government of India, Department of Science and Technology. 2020
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• Techno-economic assessment and deployment strategies for vertically-mounted photovoltaic panels
  Applied Energy 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115149
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