Les Armstrong works as a Research Assistant at the MIT Energy Initiative where he supports climate policy formulation through coupled electricity and hydrogen capacity expansion model analysis. His current research focuses on the availability and impact of hydrogen storage in salt caverns in the United States in the context of the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits. Les is also interested in regulatory mechanisms related to wholesale energy market design and utilities. Les received his B.S. in Physics from the University of California Santa Barbara and is currently pursuing a M.S. in Technology Policy and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from MIT.