Steven Griffiths

Dr. Steven Griffiths is currently Professor at the Khalifa University of Science and Technology. He served as Senior Vice President for Research and Development (R&D) and Professor of Practice at Khalifa University between 2018 and 2024. During his time as Senior Vice President for R&D, Dr. Griffiths led the development and implementation of the university’s research strategy, managed the university’s research institutes and centers and managed the departments accountable for research partnerships, research services, technology management and innovation, research computing and research laboratories. During his tenure as Senior Vice President for R&D, Khalifa University rose rapidly in international university rankings and was established as the top research university in the United Arab Emirates and one of the top 200 research universities globally. As Professor, Dr. Griffiths continues as one of the university’s most frequently cited faculty through his work on technology adoption within a socio-technical systems context.

Dr. Griffiths is currently a member of the Emirates Research and Development Council, a Zayed Sustainability Prize Selection Committee member, a member of the Dubai Future Council on Energy, advisor to the UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science, a member of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Expert Group Subcommittee of the UAE Council for AI & Blockchain, an elected member of the Global Energy Prize International Award Committee, a Board member of Human CorpMission established by the Rosatom Corporate Academy and the Higher School of Economics National Research University and a board member of Graphene Innovations Manchester. He is also Associate Editor and Editorial Board member of Elsevier’s international journal Energy Strategy Reviews and Editorial Board member of Elsevier’s international journal Smart Energy. He further is a non-resident Fellow of the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines, which is a leading Institute focused on energy, natural resource and environmental policy.

Dr. Griffiths holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.