Nuclear Energy Now: Why the Time Has Come for the World's Most Misunderstood Energy Source

The following authors are available to comment as resources on stories about the tragedy in Japan

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• Nuclear Energy
• Structural/Civil Engineers
• Environmental Engineers
• Business & Finance
• Impact on the Japanese Yen
• Impact on the U.S. Stock Market
• Asia & Japan
• Grief, Depression and Methods on How to Handle Difficult Situations
• Parenting – What to Say to Your Kids About the Disaster
• Altruism, Compassion and Giving Back

Topic:  Nuclear Energy

Author: Alan Herbst

Book: NUCLEAR ENERGY NOW: Why the Time Has Come for the World’s Most Misunderstood Energy Source

ISBN: 978-0-470-05136-8

Bio: Alan M. Herbst is a Principal with Utilis Advisory Group, an energy advisory firm based in New York, and has over 20 years experience in market fundamental analysis, infrastructure development, commodity pricing, commercial trading and risk management in the oil, natural gas and power sectors. In recent years, Alan has focused his efforts on: nuclear power, shale gas, LNG, oil sands development, renewable energy, distributed generation and environmental/regulatory issues. He has also acted as an energy expert witness in New York State Bankruptcy Court. Alan previously held the position of US Energy Practice Manager for Datamonitor and earlier in his career held energy analysis and consulting positions with PIRA Energy Group and Standard & Poor's. He is the co-author of "Nuclear Energy Now," a book on US nuclear power development, appears frequently as an on-air industry expert for various media outlets and has had more than 25 energy articles and studies published. Alan has an MBA in Finance/International Business from New York University’s Stern School of Business and Bachelors degrees in History and Biology from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

What he can say: the nuclear industry will most certainly feel the impact of the Japanese incident. It will hinder new reactor development and will result in greater regulation, but the nuclear industry will ultimately move forward, perhaps at a reduced pace, due to the global demand for greater quantities of electric power. I believe nuclear should be part of a portfolio of generation assets, along with natural gas and various renewables, to lessen the output of greenhouse gas emissions which threaten the environment. Keep in mind, there is no “free lunch” with power generation. If you use fossil fuels you have emissions risk. With nuclear there is a risk of an accident and with renewbles you run the risk of not producing enough electricity.

Publicist: Jocelyn Cordova – 201-748-6249 / jcordova@wiley.com

Book: Trade Like an O’Neil Disciple

ISBN: 978-0-470-61653-6

CoAuthor: Chris Kacher

Bio: Trader with Ph.D. in Chemistry and Nuclear Physics

Location: Playa del Rey, CA

What he can comment on: Chris Kacher offers a unique position as a trader and a scientist (Ph.D. in Chemistry and Nuclear Physics). He can talk about the nuclear crisis in Japan and the misconceptions surrounding the dangers of nuclear power, as well as how investors should address this crisis.

Publicist: Stacy Smith – 201-748-6569 / stasmith@wiley.com

Topic:  Structural Engineers/Civil Engineers

Author: Farzad Naeim

Book: Design of Seismic Isolated Structures (also co-author of upcoming book below Basic Structural Dynamics)

ISBN: 978-0-470-17274-2

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Bio:  http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/profiles/farzad-naeim-msce-80-phd-ce-82.htm

What he can comment on: He can talk about important new breakthroughs in earthquake-resistant design and the latest information on seismic design.

Publicist: Evelyn Martinez– 201-748-6358 / emartinez@wiley.com

Author: James Anderson (Los Angeles, CA )& Farzad Naeim

Book: Basic Structural Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0-470-87939-9

Bio: Professor of Civil Engineering at USC http://cee.usc.edu/faculty-staff/faculty-directory/anderson-james.htm

What he can comment on: As a Civil Engineer, he can talk about structural dynamics and earthquake engineering.

Publicist: Evelyn Martinez– 201-748-6358 / emartinez@wiley.com

Author: Donald O. Dusenberry, PE

Book: Handbook for Blast Resistant Design of Buildings

ISBN: 9780470170540

Location: Waltham, MA

Bio: Senior Principal, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.; Committee Chair of the ASCE Blast Standard committee which is developing a new Blast Protection of Buildings standard; Vice-Chair of the ASCE SEI Technical Activities Division (TAD) - Executive Committee; Served as the task chairman for the environmental loads chapter of the first edition of standard ASCE 37 (Design Loads on Structures during Construction); He was one of six engineers chosen by ASCE to investigate the September 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon, work that resulted in the ASCE publication The Pentagon Building Performance Report. Serving as the principal investigator, Dusenberry studied the sinking of the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge, near Seattle; the collapse of L'Ambiance Plaza, in Bridgeport, Connecticut; and the attack on New York City's World Trade Center

Publicist:  Evelyn Martinez– 201-748-6358 / emartinez@wiley.com

Topic:  Environmental Engineer

Author: Marty D. Matlock, Ph.D., P.E., C.S.E.

Book: Ecological Engineering Design

ISBN: 9780470345146

Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas

Bio: President of the American Ecological Engineering Society, Director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Sustainability at the University of Arkansas. Matlock is a registered professional engineer and a certified senior ecologist.

What he can comment on: As a Professional Engineer, he can talk about the restoration process, ecological design and land use design.

Publicist: Evelyn Martinez– 201-748-6358 / emartinez@wiley.com

Author: Karen Lee Hansen

Book: Civil Engineer’s Handbook of Professional Practices

ISBN:  9780470438411

Location: Sacramento, CA

Bio: Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering and Construction Management, California State University, Sacramento; Former Principal, EHPW Design & Construction Consulting, and Senior Project Manager, Vanir Construction Management; Over 30 years of professional engineering management and design experience

What she can comment on: She can talk about civil engineering and rebuilding Japan through her experience in construction management.

Publicist: Evelyn Martinez– 201-748-6358 / emartinez@wiley.com

Topic: Business & Finance

Author:  John Stephenson 

Book: The Little Book of Commodity Investing

ISBN: 9780470678372

Bio: John Stephenson is a senior vice president and portfolio manager with First Asset Investment Management Inc., where he is responsible for a wide range of equity mandates with a particular focus on energy and resource investing.  John is the author of Shell Shocked: How Canadians Can Invest After the Collapse  and The Little Book of Commodity Investing and writes a free bi-weekly investment newsletter, Money Focus.  He is regularly quoted by Bloomberg News, Reuters and The Wall Street Journal and is a frequent guest on Bloomberg TV and Canada’s Business News Network (BNN) and the CBC.  He was recently recognized by Brendan Wood International (BWI) as one of Canada's 50 best portfolio managers.  John holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, an MBA from INSEAD, as well as the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designations.  He lives in Toronto.

What he can comment on: Effect on commodities including oil and uranium, power transmission systems

Publicist: Deborah Guichelaar--416.236.4433 x53013|cell 416.669.3279 / dguichelaar@wiley.com

Author: Dan Dicker

Book: Oil’s Endless Bid; Taming the Unreliable Price of Oil to Secure Our Economy 

ISBN: 978-0-470-91562-2

Bio: Dan Dicker had more than twenty years' experience on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange, where he traded crude oil, natural gas, unleaded gasoline, and heating oil futures contracts for his own accounts. He is currently President and partner of MercBloc LLC, a wealth management firm, as well as a senior contributor at Jim Cramer's TheStreet.com, where he writes on the energy markets and investing in the energy space. He has lent his expertise as an oil markets analyst in hundreds of live radio and television broadcasts on CNBC, Bloomberg, Nightly Business Report, and ABC News.

What he can comment on: The disaster’s effect on oil and gas prices in the US.

Publicist: Melissa Torra– 201-748-6834/ mtorra@wiley.com

Author: John Mauldin

Book: Endgame: The End of the Debt Supercycle and How It Changes Everything

ISBN: 978-1-18-00457-9

Location: Dallas, TX

Publicist: Marian Brown– 917-541-5814/ mabrown@wiley.com

Topic: Impact on the Japanese Yen

Author: Kathy Lien

Book: The Little Book of Currency Trading

ISBN: 978-0-470-77035-1

Bio: Director of Currency Research for Global Forex Trading, a Division of Global Futures & Forex, LTD. She also runs a FX signal service BKForex Advisor with Boris Schlossberg.

Location: New York, NY

What she can comment on: Kathy Lein can discuss how the tsunami and nuclear plant crisis has impacted the Japanese Yen and the future of the currency in both the short term and long term.

Publicist: Stacy Smith - 201-748-6569 / stasmith@wiley.com

Topic:  Impact on the U.S. Stock Market

Author: Jeffrey Hirsch

Book: Stock Trader’s Almanac

Bio: Editor-in-Chief of Stock Trader’s Almanac.

Location: Nyack, NY

What he can comment on: Jeffrey Hirsch can discuss how the crisis has affected the U.S. Stock Market, the Japanese stock market, and its future impact. He can also talk about how some historical natural disasters played significant roles in financial panics, economic crises, recessions and bear markets in the past.

Publicist: Stacy Smith - 201-748-6569 / stasmith@wiley.com

Topic: Asia & Japan

Author: Daniel Sloan

Book: Playing to Wiin: Nintendo and the Video Game Industry s Greatest Comeback

ISBN: 978-0-470-82512-9

Bio:  Daniel Sloan was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1963. He studied English literature at the University of Virginia and received a master’s degree from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in 1991. He has worked in financial journalism for Reuters for more than 15 years, and his text and video reports have appeared in numerous global publications as well as in programs from international broadcasters, including CNN, CNBC, BBC, and CCTV. He is a frequent commentator for a variety of domestic broadcasters, a university lecturer, and a former president of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan. Since the tragedy in Japan on March 11^th, Dan has been reporting for Reuters as well as on CNN, MSNBC, BBC, CCTV, ET of India, CTV, CNTV, WGN and others.

Location: In Kyushu with family

Language: English & Japanese

Publicist: Camy Boey - cboey@wiley.com/ 65 6643 8000 (Main), DID: 65 6643 8099

Author: Ivan Tselichtchev

Book: Asia's Turning Point: An Introduction to Asia's Dynamic Economies at the Dawn of the New Century

ISBN: 978-0-470-82360-6

Bio: Ivan Tselichtchev is professor at the Niigata University of Management in Japan since 1994. He graduated from Moscow University in 1979 and joined Russia’s leading think tank, the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. He got his Ph.D. in 1983 and became Senior Researcher in 1984. Tselichtchev is the author of four books and co-author of many others. He has written more than 200 articles on the Asian, Japanese, Russian and international economy as well as on international politics, in English, Japanese and Russian. In 2005, the Committee of the Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan named Tselichtchev Seikatsu Tatsujin (A Master of Life) which means a person with outstanding achievements and lifestyle.

Location: Tokyo

Language: English & Japanese

Publicist: Camy Boey - cboey@wiley.com/ 65 6643 8000 (Main), DID: 65 6643 8099

Author: Harm deBlij’s

Bio: official bio is on his website http://deblij.net/  He is our most famous geography author and had a regular spot on ABC’s “Good Morning America”.  He was on the big island of Hawaii last week and rented a helicopter to see the effects of the Tsunami. 

Author: Chip Fletcher

Bio: `Charles “Chip” Fletcher is a professor (and past chair) in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Hawai’i. Chip earned his Ph.D. at the University of Delaware where he met his wife, also a geology graduate student at the time. They have raised three children in the beach-side town of Kailua, Hawai’i. Chip’s career has focused on coring the reefs of Hawai’i to interpret the changing history of sea-level, environments, and ecosystems over the great global climate shifts of the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs. He also works closely with government agencies to improve understanding of coastal erosion, climate change, and other types of hazards on Pacific islands. Much of this research formed the basis for his book, Living on the Shores of Hawaii: Natural Hazards, the Environment, and Our Communities, published by University of Hawai’i Press.

Location; Hawaii

Topic:  Grief, Depression and methods on how to handle difficult situations

Author: Nancy Guilmartin

Book: Healing Conversations

ISBN:  978-0-470-60355-0 

Bio: Four-time regional Emmy Award winner Nancy Guilmartin (Ipswich, MA) is an executive coach, writer, communicator, and media producer. Among many other accomplishments she has researched, developed, and found sponsors for the first TV public service campaigns ("For Kids' Sake" and "Time to Care") which were syndicated to over 150 cities; managed corporate underwriting for WGBH in Boston; and designed, piloted, and launched (with the Harvard School of Public Health) the campaign that introduced the concept of a "Designated Driver" to the American public. She is currently principal in Essence Marketing, a leadership development company specializing in creating and coaching organizational breakthroughs for such clients as Disney, Kraft, GTE, Nike, Tropicana, and Outward Bound, among others.  

Publicist: Samantha Rubenstein – 415-782-3213 / srubenstei@wiley.com 

What she can say: Guilmartin’s book is a intended to be a guide to help all of us communicate when we can't seem to find the words. Using a collection of stories about crucial situations, the book is a guide for reaching out to those who need support, for dealing with awkward situations, and for asking for help and comfort when we're the ones in need.

Topic:  Parenting – What to say to your kids about the disaster

Author: Michele Borba

Book: The Big Book of Parenting: 101 Answers to Your Everyday Challenges and Wildest Worries

ISBN:  978-0-7879-8831-9

Bio: Michele Borba (Palm Springs, CA) is the renowned consultant and educator -- recipient of the National Educator Award and author of seven outstanding parenting books from JB/Wiley, including:  Parents Do Make a Difference, named by Child Magazine as an "outstanding parenting book of the year", Building Moral Intelligence, which Publisher's Weekly called "one of the most significant books published in 2001", and the Spring 2003 publication No More Misbehavin' She is a frequent guest on the Today Show, The View, Fox & Friends, NPR, and other broadcast media in the US and Canada. She is on the editorial board of Parents Magazine and an expert columnist online for Oxygen Media.  

Publicist: Samantha Rubenstein - 415-782-3213 / srubenstei@wiley.com 

What she can say:  Parenting expert Borba can talk about how parents should model - and cope themselves in front of their kids, why parents must limit graphic TV and video images of the disaster, what signs to look for in kids of sadness or anxiety, the disaster’s impact (including Mean World Syndrome and even PTSD), which kids are more likely to be affected, how to talk to kids about this tragedy or others and how to reduce the anxiety and rekindle hope.

Topic:  Altruism, compassion and giving back

Author: Stephen Post

Book: Hidden Gifts of Helping

ISBN:  978-0-470-88781-3

Bio: Stephen G. Post (Stony Brook, NY) is Professor of Preventive Medicine and Director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook University. Post is a leader in the study of altruism, compassion and love and president of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, an Ohio-based 501 (c)(3) established in July 2001 with support from philanthropist John Templeton and the Templeton Foundation. He received the Hope in Healthcare Award in 2008 for his "pioneering research and education in the field of unconditional love, altruism, compassion, and service." His work was included in the distinguished series Best American Spiritual Writing (2005) and he writes the Psychology Today blog entitled "The Joy of Giving." A trusted media expert on altruism, love, happiness, and generosity, Post is the author most recently of the widely praised Why Good Things Happen to Good People (Broadway, 2007) and has appeared on a wide range of radio and television programs including “Nightline” and 20/20, and National Public Radio. 

Publicist: Samantha Rubenstein - 415-782-3213 / srubenstei@wiley.com 

What he can say:  The impact that giving and helping has on us.  That helping others can get us through the inevitable tough times that come everyone’s way—a hopeful message today, when many people are losing their jobs and homes.

Book: Smart Giving is Good Business

ISBN: 978-0-470-87363-2

Author: Curt Weeden 

Bio: is president of the consulting firm, Business & Nonprofit Strategies, Inc., and one of the nation's most popular writers and speakers on philanthropy and corporate social responsibility trends. He actively consults with corporations (Target, Chrysler, Novartis, Bausch & Lomb, General Mills) and nonprofits (United Way, American Cancer Society, March of Dimes, Lions Club International, Save the Children, and Project HOPE). He is a former Johnson & Johnson VP (managed $150 million contributions program) and previously headed a consulting firm that provided external relations and merger/acquisition services to clients such as AlliedSignal (Honeywell), BankAmerica, General Motors, Merck and Xerox.

Publicist: Amy Packard – 415-782-3177 / apackard@wiley.com

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