Xiaoyi (Shawn) Mu is Professor of Energy Economics and currently Director of the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) and Academic Lead for Partnerships at the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Oklahoma in 2006 and joined CEPMLP in 2008 as a Lecturer. His research interest focuses on commodity pricing, electricity market design, the impact of renewables and energy storage, energy taxation and restructuring, and other energy policy issues. His papers have appeared in such journals as Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of Commodity Markets, Economic Inquiry, Energy Journal, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, and Operations Research. His book “The Economics of Oil and Gas” has been adopted as a textbook or main reference in a number of universities globally.