"Energy Trading and Risk Management" by Dr. Iris Mack

NEW ORLEANS - April 17, 2014 - PRLog -- “… Energy Trading and Risk Management is built on the rare combination of decades of academic research and practical trading experience. A compelling and highly enjoyable book, this is essential reading for anyone wishing to succeed in today’s increasingly complex and fast-paced trading arena where risk management clearly takes centre stage.” —Dr Guenther Dobrauz-Saldapenna, Technical & Markets Leader, R&C Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers, PwC, Zurich/ Switzerland

“Iris Mack’s book is a must read for those interested in the convergence of Energy and Financial Markets. View it as a short encyclopedia or a detailed navigator in this complex area. …” —Dr. Alexei Kazakov, partner at AB Solutions

About the Author:

IRIS MACK, PhD, EMBA, earned a Harvard doctorate in Applied Mathematics and a London Business School Sloan Fellow MBA. She is a former MIT professor and Derivatives Quant/Trader who has worked in financial institutions in the U.S., London, and Asia. She has also spent some of her professional career at NASA, Boeing, and AT&T Bell Laboratories – where she obtained a patent for research on optical fibers.

Dr. Mack lectures and consults on energy derivatives, quantitative finance, and high frequency trading. She also serves on various boards, including National Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board, AlgoAnalytics Trading and Financial Analytics (India), MarketExpress Financial News and Research (India), The Edwin Moses Global Institute, Women Mentor Women Foundation, and I Can Still Do That Foundation.

Dr. Mack founded Phat Math Inc. and The Global Energy Post in Miami, Florida. She and her colleagues at Phat Math launched their prototype mathematics edutainment social network PhatMath.com. Students in grades K-12 and college have access to free 24/7 online math homework help on PhatMath.com — named one of the Top 50 Social Sites for Educators and Academics and 25 Useful Networking Sites for Grad Students. In the fall of 2014 Dr. Mack will join the faculty of the Energy Institute at Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business.

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