Rice University experts are available to provide timely, independent analysis on oil markets, energy transition strategy and grid reliability. (Click here for a list of Rice experts on carbon management, critical minerals and energy innovation.)
Energy markets and economics, energy transition and grid reliability
Kenneth Medlock, James A. Baker III and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics and senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy
Expertise: Energy and resource economics, liquified natural gas and natural gas markets, electricity markets including deep knowledge of the Texas power grid and the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas market structure as well as pricing and reliability issues, energy use and the macroeconomy, energy innovation and technology, market structure and supply chain resilience.
Daniel Cohan, professor of civil and environmental engineering
Expertise: Power plant emissions, grid reliability, electricity market performance and air quality impacts.
Melissa Stark, adjunct professor at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business
Expertise: Electricity systems, renewables integration, energy transition and energy security strategy, industrial clusters and industrial decarbonization, energy technology investments, energy sector governance and investor engagement.
Tilsa Oré Mónago, fellow in energy and market design at Rice’s Baker Institute
Expertise: Electricity pricing mechanisms and incentives, power-sector reform, policy impacts on competition, energy transition (green hydrogen), and critical minerals governance in Latin America.
Global oil markets, sanctions and energy geopolitics
Francisco Monaldi, director of the Latin American Energy Program at Rice’s Baker Institute
Expertise: Venezuela’s oil and gas, Latin America’s oil and gas, international sanctions and how geopolitics influences global oil supply and pricing.
Jim Krane, Diana Tamari Sabbagh Fellow in Middle East Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute
Expertise: Middle East oil and gas producers, energy subsidies and how Gulf states are responding to decarbonization and economic diversification pressures.
Mark Finley, nonresident fellow in energy and global oil at Rice’s Baker Institute
Expertise: Industry-grounded analysis of global oil supply and demand, producer coordination and long-term market outlooks.
Harold “Skip” York, nonresident fellow in energy and global oil at Rice’s Baker Institute
Expertise: Strategic perspective on issues shaping the energy and mining industries, market commentary and developments in Venezuela’s oil sector.
Abhiram Rajendran, nonresident fellow at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute
Expertise: Crude and refined product markets, geopolitics and sanctions impacts, global energy and macroeconomics.
Henry Haggard, nonresident fellow at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute
Expertise: Energy diplomacy, energy security, investment and strategic partnerships, Northeast Asia, Europe, civil nuclear, advanced battery materials and shipbuilding.
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