Congratulations to Sanjana Paul, a doctoral student in the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, on being selected as a 2026–2027 GE Vernova Graduate Fellow. DUSP doctoral student Kevin Hsu also won this fellowship during the 2025–2026 academic year.
Established through the MIT–GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance, the fellowship supports MIT graduate students pursuing research that advances solutions for the global energy transition. Paul's research focuses on data centers, examining the rapidly expanding infrastructure behind digital technologies through questions of energy, governance, and responsible deployment.
Paul works with the MIT Science Impact Collaborative, directed by Professor Lawrence Susskind, which brings together research, education, and public service to advance public-interest technology and support a just energy transition. At the center of that work is a fundamental question: how can emerging technologies and infrastructure systems be developed in ways that incorporate community perspectives and public priorities.
Read more about the fellows on the MIT–GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance website.
