Dr. Karan Bhuwalka
Research Scientist, Stanford University
Karan Bhuwalka: Guiding What to Build in the Supply Chain of Energy Technologies
Climate and Energy
Climate New Research
Climate and Industry
Material and energy supply chains
Title
Karan Bhuwalka: Guiding What to Build in the Supply Chain of Energy Technologies
Time
October 6, 2025
6:00PM - 7:00PM ET
Venue
Online via Zoom. Please register to participate.
About
Dr. Bhuwalka will talk about his work on material and energy supply chains.
Speaker
Bio
Dr. Karan Bhuwalka leads the materials supply chain modeling at STEER, a research group that conducts rigorous techno-economic analysis to guide investment, innovation, and policy for the energy transition. Karan’s research integrates economics, statistics, manufacturing and materials science to identify pathways to sustainably scale-up critical minerals production. Scaling-up energy supply chains rapidly while minimising life-cycle impacts requires aligning technology, markets and policies. STEER takes a systems approach that links engineering process models with supply and demand considerations to inform decision-making under uncertainty. Karan’s current work is focused on modeling graphite production. Previous work spans lithium, nickel, recycled plastics systems and Bayesian modeling to reduce uncertainity in material demand.
Readings
- Bhuwalka, Karan. “Modeling sustainable mineral supply pathways to meet clean energy demand.” PhD diss., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024.