Science & Energy Innovation Expert; Vice Chancellor for Research at American University of Sharjah; Editor of "Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews"

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Steven Griffiths Biography

Steven Griffiths is a research executive and academic specializing in science, technology, and energy innovation in the United Arab Emirates and internationally. Griffiths holds a doctorate in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management. His career spans academia, entrepreneurship, and research administration, with experience in developing and implementing software, sensing, and energy technologies across sectors such as energy, manufacturing, and healthcare.

Before joining Khalifa University, Griffiths served as executive director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Technology and Development Program's MIT/Abu Dhabi Program and was the founding executive vice president of Light Pharma Inc. He later held the roles of vice president for research and associate provost at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology. At Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Griffiths served as senior vice president for research and development and professor of practice, where he led the university's research strategy and managed research institutes, centers, and departments responsible for research partnerships, technology management, innovation, research computing, and laboratories. Under his leadership, the university achieved recognition as a leading research institution in the United Arab Emirates and was ranked among the top 200 research universities globally.

Griffiths is professor and vice chancellor for research at American University of Sharjah. His research focuses on energy technology development and adoption within sociotechnical systems, with an emphasis on energy system policy and strategy in the Middle East and North Africa. His work examines the intersection of machine intelligence, culture, and low-carbon energy transitions.

Griffiths serves as associate editor and special issues editor of "Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews," associate editor of "Carbon Neutral Technologies," and editorial board member of "Energy Strategy Reviews" and "Smart Energy." He is a non-resident fellow of the Payne Institute for Public Policy at Colorado School of Mines, which focuses on energy, natural resource, and environmental policy. Griffiths is a member of the Emirates Research and Development Council, Zayed Sustainability Prize Selection Committee, Dubai Future Council on Energy, and the Artificial Intelligence Expert Group Subcommittee of the UAE Council for AI & Blockchain. He also advises the UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science and is an elected member of the Global Energy Prize International Award Committee. Griffiths' expertise encompasses chemical engineering, energy policy, technology strategy, and artificial intelligence, contributing to the global discourse on sustainable energy and innovation.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/30/2026.

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