Bio

Dr. Chechelnitsky has over two decades of experience in the U.S. and European energy markets, including asset management and optimization, commodity risk management, and fundamental market analysis as head of front and mid-office functions with major merchant energy companies. From 1999 to 2001, he worked for Shell International in The Netherlands focusing on both financial portfolio management and the development of new drilling techniques for advanced pressure control in high-pressure high-temperature wells. Dr. Chechelnitsky earned his Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography from MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program, where he was a NASA Global Climate Change Fellow.