Leadership of the Center for Energy and the Economy

The director of the Center is Lutz Kilian. Kilian is vice president and head of the energy group in the Dallas Fed Research Department. He is a globally recognized expert on macroeconomics, oil markets and global geopolitics and the most widely cited energy economist in the world according to the Research Papers in Economics database. His expertise is complemented by that of Reid Taylor, Owen Kay and Michael Plante. Research Economist Reid Taylor is an energy and environmental economist with research interests in insurance and transportation markets. Research Economist Owen Kay is an energy and public finance economist working on the design of optimal energy policies in global markets and the role of transmission in wholesale electricity markets. Assistant Vice President Michael Plante is an energy economist and macroeconomist whose interests also include battery technology and electric vehicles. In addition, David Rapson is an external research affiliate of the Center. Rapson is a leading expert on the energy transition. As a professor in the economics department of the University of California at Davis, he specializes in electricity markets, electric vehicles and the effects of the energy transition on the economy.