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Dr. Sanjay Wahal is the founder of Decarbonization LLC, bringing over 30 years of senior leadership experience at the intersection of technology innovation, strategic planning, and commercialization. His career spans industries critical to the global climate transition, including clean & renewable energy, materials & polymer science, advanced manufacturing, and digital infrastructure.
Dr. Wahal is widely recognized for his ability to identify and scale emerging technologies, build cross-sectoral partnerships, and drive impactful, market-ready solutions that advance decarbonization and sustainability goals.
He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island, an MBA in Strategy and Innovation from Vanderbilt University, and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. His professional journey began as a Post-doctoral Associate at MIT, working under Professor Robert A. Brown, a globally renowned chemical engineer and former President of Boston University.
•Held executive leadership roles across R&D, new product development, technology innovation, and market / commercialization strategy.
•Delivered over $100 million in measurable impact by pioneering breakthrough products, processes, and technology platforms.
•Successfully led cross-functional global teams across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, while fostering open innovation partnerships with universities, startups, and research institutions.
•Author of The eCarbon Card Blueprint: Digital Solutions for Carbon Accountability – India as a Model (Armin Lear Press, Fall 2025).
•Inventor/co-inventor on 21 patents (awarded or pending).
Published over 14 research papers in international scientific journals.
•Advisor to startups, corporations, private equity, and sovereign wealth funds, specializing in innovation commercialization, intellectual property strategy, and scale-up of transformative technologies.
• Green and bio-based materials, biopolymers, nonwovens, wipes, vegan leather, sorbents, recycling technologies, material circularity.
• Sustainable fuels, clean energy, energy storage, carbon capture, utilization and storage / sequestration (CCUS).
• Filtration, disinfection, decontamination chemistries and technologies, and advanced manufacturing platforms
•Delivered invited talks including “Strategies for Decarbonizing India by 2050” and “Bio based Materials: Vegan Leather” Taught short courses such as:
•Decarbonization Overview: Potential Pathways and Enabling Technological Innovations for Net Zero Carbon.
• Building and Fostering an Innovation Mindset and Boos Innovativeness
Served as Adjunct Faculty at Lakeland University, mentoring future innovators and sustainability leaders.
• Through Decarbonization LLC, Dr. Wahal blends deep technical insight, commercial acumen, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a global network to help organizations and governments achieve transformational growth and climate resilience.
• His work integrates AI/ML, technology foresight, and systems-level strategy to accelerate the global journey to a net-zero future.