Emerging Energy Economics and Policy Research Priorities for Enabling the Electric Vehicle Sector

Principal Fellow- Transport & Urban Infrastructure Rubal is a principal fellow at KAPSARC focused on understanding consumer decision making, in particular, consumer choice of energy-efficient technologies…

Rubal is a principal fellow at KAPSARC focused on understanding consumer decision making, in particular, consumer choice of energy-efficient technologies and mobility options under alternative technology and policy scenarios. Before joining KAPSARC, Rubal gained a Ph.D. at KAUST designing advanced carbon materials for energy and environmental applications, with a particular focus on energy storage, carbon capture, waste-water treatment, and hydrogen generation via solar water splitting. Prior to that, he worked at the University of Pennsylvania on a semiconductor industry-funded project, developing a continuum modeling framework for simulating the physics of micro defect formation in silicon crystals.

Expertise

• Behavorial decision science
• Consumer adoption
• Energy-efficient mobility and shared autonomous mobility-on-demand

Associate- Transportation & Infrastructure Saif Almutairi is an Associate in the Transportation & Infrastructure program at KAPSARC. As a transport engineer, his interests include…

Saif Almutairi is an Associate in the Transportation & Infrastructure program at KAPSARC. As a transport engineer, his interests include transport policy and economics, transport modeling, and assessing policy changes related to mobility amid the energy transition. His current research focuses on transport system efficiency, advancing transport policy, and evaluating the impact of emerging technologies on the future of mobility. Saif holds an M.Sc. in Transportation Engineering from the University of Southern California.

Expertise

• Transportation