Areas of Expertise:

Clean Energy, Climate Change, Demand Side Management, Electric Vehicles, Energy Economics, Energy Storage, Environmental Policy, Infrastructure, Innovation, R&D, Renewables, Smart Grid, Transportation, Wind

For over a decade, Dr. Gardiner has been working towards placing hydrogen vehicles on the road through academia, industry, and government positions. September 2013 he completed a two year Mike Mansfield Fellowship in Japan, where he worked at: METI and NEDO for 5 months each, ending with a placement at JPower, Japan’s former national electric utility. At the U.S. Department of Energy he serves as a Technology Manager in the Office of Renewable Energy in the Fuel Cells Technologies Program where he is responsible for international relationships and is exploring the economics of using hydrogen for energy storage while serving as a liaison to the DOE Grid Tech Team focused on grid modernization and lowering the barriers for renewable energy integration.