Malczynski, Leonard
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Mr. Leonard A. Malczynski is an economist and software engineer who has been involved with Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) development of the “String of Pearls” analytical model used by the SWP to assess CCS opportunities and costs in the Southwestern U.S. Mr. Malczynski began his software engineering career with the advent of the first personal computers and has worked with a variety of platforms and operating systems. His specialties are in database management systems, system dynamics modeling and geographic information systems. Over the past nine years he has concentrated on the building of system dynamics models of the nuclear fuel cycle, energy production and consumption, water basin management, international conflict and international migration. He was a member of the Office of the Chief Economist at SNL from 1998-2005. His current activities involve professional work in the System Dynamics Society, a software specialization in Powersim Studio, and development of software engineering techniques applicable to system dynamics modeling. Mr. Malczynski has also taught information systems courses and microeconomics at the University of New Mexico and the College of Santa Fe since 1988. Prior to SNL he spent 10 years as an independent information systems consultant in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.
Education:
M.S., Economic Theory, University of New Mexico (2000)
MBA, Management Information Systems, University of New Mexico (1988)
M.S., Agricultural Economics, Purdue University (1981)
B.S.F. Forestry/Wildlife Management, University of Michigan (1975)
Selected Publications:
“Southwest regional partnership on carbon sequestration: a test case model in the San Juan Basin”. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, Kobos, Peter Holmes, Borns, David James, Malczynski, Leonard A., Paananen, Orman Henrie. SAND2005-2481C, May 2005.Fourth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration, May 2-5, 2005 in Alexandria, VA.
“Southwest regional partnership on carbon sequestration: the 'String of Pearls' integrated assessment model”. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM. Kobos, Peter Holmes, Malczynski, Leonard A., Borns, David James. SAND2006-2835C, May 2006. Fifth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, May 8-11, 2006 in Alexandria, VA.
“A fresh look at a policy sciences methodology: collaborative modeling for more effective policy”. Cockerill, Kristan, Lacy Daniel, Leonard Malczynski and Vincent Tidwell. Policy Sciences 2009, Volume 42, Number 3, Pages 211-225