Research Interests

Training and capacity-building programs

International development assistance programs

Public information and outreach

Grant proposals 

 

More than 10 years' experience in research, management consulting, project/program management and administration. Specializations include Central Asia and former Soviet Union energy sectors; international development assistance projects.

 

 

Education

M.B.A. C. T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, 2003

B.A. Linguistics, Turkmen State University, Turkmenistan, 1997

 

Professional History

Researcher, Institute for Energy, Law & Enterprise, University of Houston Law Center (January 2002 – May 2005).

Research Assistant, University of Houston, Institute for Energy, Law & Enterprise, University of Houston Law Center (January 2002 – May 2005).

Project Office Manager/Energy Specialist, Natural Resources Management Project, PA Government Services (1997 – 2002).

Energy/Oil and Gas Specialist, Oil and Gas Sector Reform Program, Hagler Bailly (1997 – 2002).

Teacher, Turkmen Polytechnic Institute (1996 – 1997).

 
Publications

Makaryan, Ruzanna, Gurfinkel, M. E., Volkov, Dmitry, and Foss, M. M., 2007, Novel offshore LNG terminals address some, not all issues: Oil and Gas Journal LNG Observer, January.

Volkov, Dmitry, and Makaryan, Ruzanna, 2007, Russian gas Aabyss, in Proceedings, 27th USAEE/IAEE Annual Conference, Houston, 22 p.

Gurfinkel, M. E., Gülen, Gürcan, Foss, M. M., Makaryan, Ruzanna, and Volkov, Dmitry, 2007, The elusive optimal fiscal regime for an extra-heavy oil resource: a case study, in Proceedings, 27th USAEE/IAEE Annual Conference, Houston, 20 p.

Gülen, Gürcan, Makaryan, Ruzanna, and Volkov, Dmitry, 2007, Improving regulatory agency efficiency and effectiveness: best practices, processes and organizational structures, in Proceedings, 11th Annual Conference of the International Society for New Institutional Economics, Reykjavik, Iceland, 23 p.

 

Contact

Ruzanna Makaryan
Social Science/Humanities Research Associate IV
Bureau of Economic Geology
The University of Texas at Austin
1801 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas 77019
E-mail:
Telephone: 713-654-5402

 

Professional Summary (Word format)

July 2005