Dr. Boyko Nitzov
Profile
Dr. Boyko Nitzov is Senior Associate Fellow with the CSD. Previously, he was the Team Leader for gas infrastructure development at the Gas Department of the European Union's Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators in Ljubljana, the Director of Programs at the Eurasia Center of the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., the Senior Investment Expert at the Energy Charter Secretariat in Brussels, and the Associate Director of the Institute for Energy Economics and Policy at Sarkeys Energy Center of the University of Oklahoma. He has also held positions in universities in Bulgaria and in the United States.
His interest is in energy regulation, investment climate, strategic options for natural gas utilization, oil and gas field development, oil and gas pipelines, and underground natural gas storage in Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Northeast and Southeast Asia.
Dr Nitzov received his Ph.D. in economics in Bulgaria (1987) and continued his postgraduate studies in economics, business and entrepreneurship at the University of Arizona in 1990-1991. Dr. Nitzov is a national of Bulgaria. Dr. Nitzov is a member of the International Association for Energy Economics and the United States Association for Energy Economics.