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• Amy Myers Jaffe Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy

  As leader of the Baker Institute Energy Forum, and associate director of the Rice University Energy Program, Amy Myers Jaffe promotes, oversees and participates in a wide range of groundbreaking energy research and discussion. Under her guidance, these institutions support projects that address current energy science and technology policy, as well as the energy-related challenges that face society in the 21st century. A regular consultant to various national and international organizations, Jaffe is one of the preeminent sources of information and critical thought on oil and energy policy today.

  Jaffe is widely published in the academic realm, and has also written for a number of news publications, including the New York Times, Dow Jones International, and the Mideast Report. A frequent keynote speaker at major energy industry conferences, Jaffe also makes regular appearances on networks and programs like CNN, MacNeil Lehrer News Hour, FOX, and MSNBC.

  Research Areas

  Oil Geopolitics, Strategic Energy Policy, Energy Science Policy, Energy Economics

  Affiliations

  Contributor; Baker Institute/CFR task force on Guiding Principles for U.S. Post-Conflict Policy in Iraq
  Advisor; U.S. National Intelligence Council Study on Energy to 2015
  Project Director; Baker Institute/Council on Foreign Relations task force on Strategic Energy Policy
  Principal Advisor; US AID’s project on Options for Developing a Long Term Sustainable Iraqi Oil Industry
  Member; Council on Foreign Relations
  Senior Editor; Petroleum Intelligence Weekly

  Published Work

  National Interest, The New Geopolitics of Oil (coauthor) (2003)
  Survival, Beijing’s Oil Diplomacy (2002)
  Foreign Affairs, The Shocks of a World of Cheap Oil (2000)
  The Geopolitics of Natural Gas (co-editor) (Cambridge University Press, 2006)
  Energy in the Caspian Region: Present and Future (co-editor) (Palgrave, 2002)

  Distinctions

  Honoree. Esquire’s annual 100 Best and Brightest, contribution to society category. (2005)
  Honoree. Key Women in Energy-Americas, Pathfinders/Trailblazers category. (2004)
  Award for Excellence. International Association for Energy Ergonomics. (1994)

  Education

  B.A. Princeton University

  

  Expert Opinion by
  Amy Myers Jaffe

  Topic: How can we make natural gas more available bearing in mind cost, environmental and local concerns?

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