kongchyong

Dr Kong Chyong

research Interest

  • Economic modelling of Global Gas & LNG markets

  • Large-scale modelling of liberalised power markets

  • Energy system modelling for Net Zero policy analyses

  • Economics and geopolitics of Russian natural gas export

  • Russo-Ukrainian energy relations

about me

Welcome to my website!

I am an applied energy economist and policy analyst with a strong background and more than 15 years of experience applying economics and operational research methods to energy and climate policy questions. I graduated from the University of Cambridge with an MPhil in Technology Policy (2007) and a PhD in Energy Economics and Policy (2011). My PhD centered around modelling Gazprom’s pipeline investment strategy in the context of Russo-Ukrainian bilateral relations. Before my graduate studies at Cambridge University, I worked as a research assistant at the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences (Kyiv).

I am an energy market modelling enthusiast and Founder of CEM - Cambridge Energy Model - a set of energy market modelling tools, which I developed during my graduate studies at the University of Cambridge (hence the model bears the name of the city where I spent most of my early academic life!).

Experience

SENIOR RESEARCH SCHOLAR, COlumbia University

September 2022 - Present

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, university of cambridge

July 2011 - September 2022

VISITING POLICY FELLOW, European Council on Foreign Relations

2014 - 2015

Education

university of cambridge

Ph.D. in Energy Economics and Policy (2011)

university of cambridge

MPhil in Technology Policy (2007)

odesa national university (ukraine)

MA in Economic Theory (2005)

odesa national university (ukraine)

BA in International Relations (2004)

Awards

  • 30th USAEE/IAEE North American Conference Dennis J. O’Brien Best Paper Award (2011)

  • 34th IAEE International Conference Student Paper Award (2011)

  • Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science Student Research Award (2005)

  • Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences Student Research Award (2004)

  • Ukrainian Ministry of Economy Student Research Award (2003)

Contact

Email: kc3634@columbia.edu

Address: new york city, u.s.a.