He has previously served as the director of the Biobased Industry Center at Iowa State University and spent 15 years as the Research Director of the University of California Energy Institute in Berkeley. Prof. Bushnell has been actively involved in energy and environmental policy for over a decade. During 1999 and 2000, he served as a member of the Market Monitoring Committee (MMC) of the California Power Exchange. Since 2002, he has served as a member of the Market Surveillance Committee (MSC) of the California Independent System Operator (CAISO). In addition to his public committee positions in California, Dr. Bushnell has also directed prospective and retrospective analyses of several electricity markets, including the Spanish, South Korean, and ISO-NE markets. Andres Carvallo