Robert L. Bradley Jr. is the founder and CEO of the
Institute for Energy Research and a senior fellow of the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER). He is author of eight books on energy history and public policy and blogs at
MasterResource. Bradley received a B.A. in economics from Rollins College, an M.A. in economics from the University of Houston, and a Ph.D. in political economy from International College. He has been a Schultz Fellow for Economic Research and Liberty Fund Fellow for Economic Research, and in 2002 he received the Julian L. Simon Memorial Award for his work on energy and sustainable development.