Professional Affiliation

Non-resident scholar at the US Mexico Center of the James Baker Institute at Rice University

Expert Bio

Miriam Grunstein (PhD) is currently an independent attorney whose experience in the energy sector began 21 years ago as the personal advisor to a Commissioner of the Mexican Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE). Since then, she has practiced energy and infrastructure law and regulation in Mexico’s outstanding domestic and international firms. She has also been a professor and researcher in Mexico’s top tier universities (CIDE and ITAM, amongst others) and has published and lectured widely in Mexico and internationally. Aside of her work as a legal practitioner, she is currently a non-resident scholar in the US Mexico Center of the James Baker Institute at Rice University where she has published numerous policy papers on energy policy, sustainability, climate change, and land use.