Dr. Bandyopadhyay is an electrical engineer with a background in machine learning, statistics, and operations research. She has 9+ years of experience in the clean energy sector and energy sector data science applications. She has provided consulting services to electric cooperatives and investor-owned utilities and provided algorithm development guidance for a US based smart meter company. She has supported utility providers’ strategic capacity expansion plans to achieve state mandated clean energy goals while ensuring economic feasibility of said expansions and performed siting assessments of electric vehicle infrastructure using Python and ArcGIS tools. She has co-authored multiple peer reviewed publications including a United Nations report on hybrid coal-renewable technologies. In her current position at Abt Associates, she is supporting multiple EPA programs on clean energy and electric utility sector operations.