Michael Cuomo research interests include energy and environmental law with a focus on the development of infrastructure in connection with an Intregrated European Energy Market; legal and regulatory issues related to security of supply. Michael studied Literature at Boston College and Law at Fordham University in New York City. Since 2004 he has worked on global commercial real estate finance transactions and litigation matters related to asset backed securities. He joined the Loyola de Palacio Chair in July 2011.

 

Michael holds a Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from Boston College.

Michelle Hallack is a Jean Monnet Fellow at the Loyola de Palacio Chair (from September 2011). Her research interests cover Natural Gas Market, Network Regulation and Development and Integration of a European Energy Market from below. Michelle studied Economic Sciences at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil, Industrial Economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and Economics and Management of Network Industries at the University of Paris Sud XI in France and at the University of Comillas in Spain. At the EUI she has collaborated to the research activities since 2009. Michelle presented here research at numerous international conferences and published academic articles on the topic of Natural Gas Network Regulation and Development. Michelle holds a M.Res from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, she also holds an European Master (EMIN) and a Diploma in Economics Sciences of the State University of Campinas.

 

Arthur Henriot's research interests cover renewable energy technologies and electricity markets. Arthur recently finished his Masters thesis on the impact of incentives towards renewables in the United Kingdom and their potential application in Saudi Arabia. He joined the FSR in June 2011.

Arthur holds an M.Sc. in Energy Policy from Imperial College of London. He also holds a diploma in Engineering from the French Ecole Polytechnique.

Haikel holds a Ph.D from the University of Lyon. He also holds a Masters degree from the same institute and a diploma in Economics from the HEC Carthage.

Silvester holds a Ph.D in Economics from CERGE-EI in Prague. He also holds a MA in Psychology from Utrecht University. He is also Post-Doctoral fellow at CERGE-EI in Prague.

Emanuela holds a Ph.D. in Law and Economics (2009) and a M.Sc. cum laude in Economics (2004), both from the University of Siena.

Tatiana Timofeeva worked as world policy chair assistant at the faculty of international relations in St. Petersburg State University and gained experience in project work at the organization of the G8 Finance Ministers Meeting in St.Petersburg. Tatiana speaks Russian, English, Italian, French and has a basic knowledge of Portuguese and Spanish. She joined the she is working for the scientific organization of the 9th International Conference on the European Energy Market.

 

Miguel Vazquez is a Jean Monnet Fellow at the Loyola de Palacio Chair (from September 2011). His research interests focus on energy market design, risk analysis in energy markets, and modeling of market behaviour. Prior to joining the Florence School of Regulation in September 2011, Miguel was a researcher at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Madrid), where he actively published, lectured and participated in a variety of projects for regulators and power companies. His research activity includes several projects on market design in the context of power markets. In addition, he has studied the effects of strategic interaction in forward transactions, with emphasis on the effects of market power opportunities in forward prices. He has also developed different models to analyse oligopolistic energy markets, both for short- and long-term studies.

 

Stefano Verde’s primary research interests cover climate policy, the economics of climate change and economic modelling. Stefano graduated from Università Tor Vergata (Rome) in 2006 with a first class honours in Economics. The following year he got his MSc in Economics from Trinity College Dublin (TCD), where he stayed to continue his studies as PhD student. The focus of his thesis is on the distributional effects of carbon pricing in Ireland. At TCD, he worked both as research assistant and teaching assistant. He joined the Climate Policy Research Unit in April 2012.

 

Aleksandar Zaklan’s research interests lie in the fields of energy, resource and climate economics, as well as international economics, with a focus on applied econometrics. Aleksandar is currently pursuing a PhD in economics at DIW Berlin/TU Berlin. Previously, he studied economics and international relations in Bochum, Dublin, Bologna and Washington, DC and holds degrees from Trinity College Dublin, Johns Hopkins University and Georgetown University. He has also worked as a research assistant at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Aleksandar’s research has been presented at international conferences and he has published in Energy Economics and in the Review of Finance. Aleksandar is visiting the Florence School of Regulation from September 2011 until December 2011.