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Biography

Mark J. Kaiser is a professor and director of the Research & Development Division at the Center for Energy Studies, Louisiana State University. His primary research interests are related to policy issues, modeling, and econometric studies in the energy industry. Professor Kaiser conducts research and quantitative analysis on energy consumption and conservation analysis, environmental effects of energy production, tariff analysis, and broad policy issues in the electricity, natural gas, and oil markets.

Since joining the Center, Professor Kaiser research has focused primarily on establishing the economic and environmental impact of a proposed Public Benefit Fund for the state of Louisiana and studies related to hydrocarbon infrastructure requirements in the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Kaiser is currently investigating funding allocation mechanisms for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and the Weatherization Assistance Program administered through the federal government.

Dr. Kaiser is widely published with work appearing across a broad spectrum of energy, engineering, mathematics and scientific journals such as Applied Mathematics Letters, Applied Mathematical Modeling, Computers and Operations Research, Electric Power System Research, Energy, Energy Economics, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Mathematical and Computer Modeling, and Simulation.

Prior to joining the LSU faculty in 2001, Professor Kaiser has held appointments at Auburn University, The American University of Armenia, and Wichita State University. Dr. Kaiser received his doctorate in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Purdue University in 1991, has consulted and served as technical advisor to corporations and government agencies, and is a member of the United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE), International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), The Institute of Management Science and Operations Research (INFORMS), and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

Email: mkaiser@lsu.edu
Telephone: (225) 578-4554