Janet Joseph is the Director of the Clean Energy Research and Market Development program at NYSERDA. Janet oversees a portfolio of more than 650 projects, focused on developing and accelerating the market introduction of emerging clean energy technologies in New York, including wind, solar, biomass, advanced transportation technology, and environmental pollution control. Her program also supports research to better understand and mitigate the environmental effects of energy production, including climate change. Janet has held a variety of technical and policy positions at NYSERDA over the past 18 years. Prior to joining NYSERDA, Janet was a research scientist at Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories. Janet has also worked as an environmental consultant for Booz-Allen and Hamilton in Washington, D.C. Janet has a Master=s degree in Environmental Chemistry from the University of Maryland.