Gauri Subramani

Gauri Subramani is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at Lehigh University’s College of Business, holding the Axelrod Family Endowed Fellowship. She earned her B.A. in English and Economics from Wellesley College and her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Her research focuses on representation in innovation contexts, particularly gender and resource inequality, using quantitative methods to analyze patent systems, digital platforms, and scientific collaboration.

Her work explores how underrepresentation impacts innovation outcomes, including disparities in patent attrition, online business visibility, and citation biases. She has held roles at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (2022–2024) and the Department of Treasury during the Obama Administration. Gauri’s research has been recognized through awards including the Strategic Management Society’s Audience Choice Award and grants from Berkeley’s equity-focused initiatives.

• Research Interests: Gender disparities in innovation, patent systems, digital platform economics, and workplace harassment effects.
• Key Contributions: Quantifying gender gaps in patent persistence, online listing impacts on small businesses, and the role of migration in knowledge transfer.

Her interdisciplinary approach bridges economics, management, and social policy, with ongoing work on sexual harassment’s career impacts and open-access patent datasets.