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Archan Padmanabhan

Energy & Strategy Analyst - Joby Energy

Archan Padmanabhan

Archan is a member of the founding team at Joby Energy where he leads the business development team in identifying strategies to deploy and commercialize airborne wind energy systems. He also works on the modeling of global tropospheric winds and has developed analytical tools for evaluating wind resource potential. Prior to joining Joby Energy, Archan was a researcher in the Advanced Energy Systems Lab at Stanford University where he tested combustion strategies for high-efficiency engines. He is passionate about research, development, and commercialization of emerging energy technologies.