FORA.tv Speaker - Geoffrey Rothwell

Geoffrey Rothwell has taught at Stanford since 1986. He is a senior lecturer and director of the honors programs in the Department of Economics and the Public Policy Program. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1985 and was a post-doctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology, 1985-1986. He has published dozens of articles on all aspects of nuclear economics, including the front and back ends of the nuclear fuel cycle, and nuclear power plant construction and operating costs, productivity, reliability, and decommissioning. His current research focuses on nuclear power competitiveness under electricity deregulation, industry restructuring, and carbon dioxide emissions reduction.