Dr. Anand R. Gopal is the Executive Director of Global Grids Catalyst. Previously, he was the Executive Director of Policy Research at Energy Innovation, where he led the firm’s research and modeling teams. Previously, Anand was a research scientist in clean energy and transportation at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). He led LBNL’s global research on transportation solutions for climate mitigation, and his research used interdisciplinary methods from engineering and economics to assess the intersection of electric power and transport. He has a doctorate in energy and resources from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master’s of Science in environmental systems engineering from Humboldt State University, and a Bachelor’s of Science in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.