Morgan Bazilian Explained

Morgan D. Bazilian
Other Names:"The Writing Irish","Poet of the Low-Carbon Transition"
Nationality:Irish American
Workplaces:Colorado School of Mines, World Bank, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United Nations, Irish National Government
Known For:Energy Policy, National Security, Climate Change Diplomacy, International Affairs

Morgan D. Bazilian is an American-Irish academic, who has spent the majority of his career as a diplomat and in public service. He is the Director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, and a professor of public policy at the Colorado School of Mines.[1] [2] His research focuses on energy and climate change policy, national security, and international affairs. In 2019, he was asked to testify in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources as an expert witness.[3]

Education

Bazilian has a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan (1991), a master's in Building Energy Analysis from the University of Colorado (1999), a master's in Applied Physics from Murdoch University (2001), and a Ph.D. in Energy Systems and Thermodynamics from University of New South Wales (2002).[4] [5] [6]

Career

In 2001, Bazilian was a Fulbright Fellow at SINTEF in Norway.[7] From 2002 to 2007, Bazilian served as the Head of Energy Policy and Climate Change at the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. Following this, he became a political appointee and Senior Advisor on Energy and Climate to the Irish Ministry of Energy under Eamon Ryan.[8] In 2008, Bazilian was the lead negotiator for the European Union on technology at the UNFCCC climate negotiations.[9] [10] In 2009, he became Special Advisor on International Energy Issues to the Director-general of UNIDO, and helped to develop the United Nations Sustainable Energy For All Initiative while leading the UN-Energy program.[11] [12] [13] [14] In 2011, he began serving as the Deputy Director of the Joint Institute on Strategic Energy Analysis at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory.[15] [16] [17] From 2014 to 2018, he was the World Bank's Lead Energy Specialist.

He is currently a Professor of Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines, and is the inaugural Director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the World Economic Forum’s Global Advisory Council on Energy, and the Global Advisory Council of the Sustainable Finance Programme at Oxford University.[18] [19] [20] He holds or has held academic affiliations at IIASA, University of Cambridge, and Columbia University. In 2021, he was appointed to Ireland's Climate Change Advisory Council.[21]

Prior to his career in energy and environmental policy, Bazilian was a professional mountain guide on Mount Rainier and Denali for both Rainier Mountaineering and International Mountain Guides. He is a published poet and short story writer who was named "Poet of the low-carbon transition" by Michael Liebreich.[22]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Avery. Greg. 2020-03-23. He used to guide adventurers to the top of Denali, now this exec guides energy policy at Colorado School of Mines. 2020-06-27. Denver Business Journal.
  2. Web site: Morgan Bazilian. 2020-06-27. Division of Economics and Business. en-US.
  3. Web site: Full Committee Hearing on Minerals and Clean Energy Technologies - Hearings and Business Meetings - Hearings - U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 2020-06-30. www.energy.senate.gov.
  4. Web site: Special Report: DBJ's Who's Who in Energy. 2020-10-16. www.bizjournals.com.
  5. Web site: Cleaning Up Episode 13: Morgan Bazilian 'Poet of the low carbon transition'. 2020-10-16. Cleaning Up Leadership in an Age of Climate Change Podcast.
  6. Bazilian tapped to lead Payne Institute for Earth Resources. 2020-06-27. Colorado School of Mines.
  7. Web site: Energy Security Code of Conduct AltEnergyMag. 2020-11-06. www.altenergymag.com. en-US.
  8. News: McDONALD. FRANK. UN climate-change body holds first Irish meeting. 2020-10-16. The Irish Times. en.
  9. News: McDONALD. FRANK. UN climate-change body holds first Irish meeting. 2020-11-09. The Irish Times. en.
  10. Web site: International Institute for Sustainable Development - Reporting Services (IISD RS) @ Poznan Climate Change Conference, 1-12 December, 2008, Poznan, Poland. 2020-11-09. enb.iisd.org.
  11. Web site: Morgan Bazilian - Our World. 2020-10-16. ourworld.unu.edu.
  12. Web site: New report outlines way forward to monitor and evaluate progress towards universal energy access UNIDO. 2020-10-16. www.unido.org.
  13. Web site: Arci. Clelia. 2019-09-24. Top 100: Smart Grid Influencers. 2020-06-30. Onalytica.com. en-GB.
  14. Web site: Bazilian. Morgan. Technology in the UN Climate Change Negotiations: Moving Beyond Abstraction. 2020-06-27. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. en.
  15. Web site: Renewable Energy Institute. 2020-10-16. Renewable Energy Institute. ja.
  16. Web site: Energy Innovation. 2020-10-16. www.energy-innovation.org.
  17. Web site: Science X Network :: Phys.org, Medical Xpress, Tech Xplore. 2020-10-16. sciencex.com.
  18. Web site: Morgan Bazilian. 2020-06-27. Center for Strategic & International Studies.
  19. Web site: Global Advisory Council Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme Research. 2020-06-27. Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford.
  20. Web site: Morgan Bazilian. 2020-06-27. World Economic Forum. en.
  21. News: O'Sullivan. Kevin. Government appoints new members to Climate Change Advisory Council. 2021-10-15. The Irish Times. en.
  22. Web site: Cleaning Up Episode 13: Morgan Bazilian "Poet of the low-carbon transition" - YouTube. 2020-11-06. www.youtube.com.

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