Dr. Maruthi Devarakonda is a senior engineering leader for emerging technologies at Baker Hughes, where he leads global teams to secure external funding in decarbonization/energy transition space, working with universities, national labs and other industry partners. He has 19+ years of experience in emissions abatement where he applied chemistry to develop novel model-based control systems and analytics. Maruthi was one among the 60 engineers across the US and Germany invited to participate in US National Academy of Engineering’s German-American Frontiers of Engineering symposium in 2020. He holds 40 patents (26 US, 14 EU) in the broader areas of emissions and analytics and has published in 30+ peer-reviewed publications including an invited book chapter. Maruthi holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University.