Romulo Neves Ely

I am an Associate Professor at Rutgers Business School, working at the intersection of energy systems, energy infrastructure, energy markets, operations management, and applied data analytics.

My research focuses on understanding how energy technologies, infrastructure, and market design shape economic performance, environmental outcomes, and system reliability. I use quantitative methods such as input–output analysis, econometrics, life-cycle assessment, and integrated energy–economic modeling to support policy analysis, infrastructure planning, and fuel and electricity market design. My work has been published in journals including Annals of Operations Research, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, and Ecological Economics, among others.

A central theme of my recent work is the structure and evolution of energy markets, including the interaction between physical infrastructure, regulatory frameworks, and emerging energy technologies. I am particularly interested in how market institutions and grid architecture influence energy security, decarbonization pathways and their outcomes, and long-term system resilience.

In parallel, I have extensive experience designing and delivering analytics-driven courses at scale. At Rutgers, my primary teaching focus has been Operations Management, with additional contributions to Business Analytics and statistics-oriented courses across in-person, hybrid, and fully online formats, reaching several hundred students per year. This work has involved building data-driven assessments, analytical workflows, and course delivery systems designed to be robust under online and hybrid teaching constraints.

Before joining Rutgers, I worked as a researcher and consultant with universities and international energy and climate initiatives in Brazil, South Africa, and Australia. These projects involved developing large-scale economic and energy databases, linking bottom-up energy system models with macroeconomic frameworks, and supporting policy-oriented scenario analysis.

I am particularly interested in collaborations and applied projects related to electricity markets, energy infrastructure, biorefineries, data-driven decision support, and energy policy.