Dr. Pallav Sarma is chief scientist of Tachyus responsible for developing the fundamental modeling and optimization technologies underlying the Tachyus platform. He is a world-renowned expert in reservoir management, with multiple patents and numerous papers on the subject.

Sarma has over 12 years of experience working for Chevron and Schlumberger. As a staff research scientist for Chevron, he was responsible for its key simulation and optimization technologies. He has received many awards including the Dantzig Dissertation Award from INFORMS and Chevron’s Excellence in Reservoir Management Award.

Sarma holds a Ph.D. in petroleum engineering and a Ph.D. minor in operations research from Stanford University.