Greg Upton

Dr. Greg Upton is Executive Director & Associate Research Professor at the Louisiana State University Energy Institute. Dr. Upton previously served as the Executive Director of LSU’s Center for Energy Studies, which has been renamed to the LSU Energy Institute in May of 2026. He has contributed to over 50 publications and has presented research on these topics to over 200 industry, governmental and academic audiences, including testifying in committees of both chambers of the Louisiana Legislature and a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives. He is regularly interviewed on live talk radio and other news outlets and has been quoted or cited approximately 300 times in local and national media including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, and NPR. He is the 2026 President for the United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE), a member of the University Advisory Board to the Center for Legislative Energy & Environmental Research (CLEER) and an appointee to the National Petroleum Council (NPC). He is part of the Baton Rouge Business Report Forty Under 40 class of 2024.