Neha Patankar
Assistant Professor at Binghamton University
West Windsor, New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolNeha Patankar is an assistant professor and macro-scale energy system modeler with nine years of experience applying operations research to guide technology and infrastructure decisions under deep techno-economic uncertainty. Her work blends rigorous modeling with practical stakes—informing utilities, policymakers, and stakeholders on sustainable and affordable energy transitions. She has held research positions at Princeton and NC State, where projects ranged from electricity planning in conflict-affected regions to optimization-driven engineering improvements in industry. Known for translating complex uncertainty into actionable insights, Neha combines academic rigor with real-world impact from policy to product.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Operations Research, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Operations Research at North Carolina State UniversityBachelor of Engineering (BE), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Mechanical Engineering at Maharashtra Institute of Technology
English, Hindi, Marathi
Github Skills (23)
prediction-model10
electricity10
futures10
energy-data10
capacity10
energy10
power-systems10
energy-system10
renewable-energy10
snl-applications10
climate-change10
expansion10
electrical-engineering10
modelica10
python9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nspatank/PowerGenome
Jun 2020 - Jul 2021
A tool to quickly and easily create inputs for power systems models
Contributions:17 PRs, 23 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 1 month
electrical-engineeringpowermodelicapower-systems
nspatank/energy_system_optimization
Sep 2022 - Oct 2024
Contributions:29 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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