Robert Stoner
Founding Director, Tata Center for Technology and Design
Research interests
Financing and regulation of electricity systems in low-access countries, geologic hydrogen, geothermal energy
Research areas
Robert Stoner is the founding director of the MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design. He was previously MITEI’s deputy director for science and technology, and interim director prior to his retirement from MIT. He is presently the CEO of GeoRedox, a U.S.-based geologic hydrogen developer and producer.
Stoner is the inventor of numerous computational and ultrafast optical measurement techniques and has built and managed successful technology firms in the semiconductor, IT, and optics industries. From 2007 through 2009, he lived and worked in Africa and India while serving in a variety of senior roles within the Clinton Foundation, including as the CEO of the Clinton Development Initiative, and director of the Clinton Climate Initiative for Africa. His recent research at MIT has focused on solutions to energy poverty, and the design and optimization of energy systems and business models in the developing world. He earned his bachelor’s degree in engineering physics from Queen’s University and PhD from Brown University in condensed matter physics.
