Arun Majumdar | |
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| Dean, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability | |
| Assumed office May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | N/A |
| Director of Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Cheryl Martin (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (BS) University of California, Berkeley (MS, PhD) |
Arunava Majumdar is a materials scientist, engineer, and the inaugural dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.[1][2] He was nominated for the position of Under Secretary of Energy in the United States between November 30, 2011, and May 15, 2012.[3][4]
Majumdar was previously the director of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), where he was also deputy director of LBNL as well as professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
Majumdar was nominated[5] to be the first director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) and appointed to that position in September 2009.
- ^ University, Stanford (May 4, 2022). "Inaugural dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability". Stanford News. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
- ^ Gelles, David (May 4, 2022). "Stanford Gets $1.1 Billion for New Climate School From John Doerr". The New York Times. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
- ^ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts". U.S. Department of Energy. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
- ^ "Presidential Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. May 15, 2012.
- ^ llbl-nomination (September 18, 2009). "White House nominates Berkeley Lab's Majumdar to head key DOE agency". Berkeley Lab News Center. Retrieved October 3, 2009.