Alumni-Pre-Doctoral Fellows

Felipe Jordán

Ph.D. Student Political Economy and Government 2021
Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

 

Felipe is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics and the Institute for Sustainable Development at Pontificia Universidad...

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Jennifer Kao

Ph.D. Public Policy 2019
Assistant Professor, UCLA Anderson School of Management
HEEP Pre-Doctoral Fellow Alumni

Jennifer's research focuses on the economics of innovation and science, firm strategy and health care. She is particularly interested in the role of...

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Suzi Kerr

Suzi Kerr

Ph.D. Economics 1995
Chief Economist at Environmental Defense Fund

Suzi Kerr was, until May 2019, a Senior Fellow, and from 1998 - 2009 Founding Director, at Motu Research in New Zealand. She...

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Shefali Khanna

HEEP Pre-Doctoral Fellow Alumni
Ph.D Student in Public Policy
Research Associate in Energy and Environmental Economics, Imperial College London

Shefali’s interests lie at the intersection of environmental policy and energy sector development in emerging economies, specifically on the impact of...

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Avinash Kishore

Avinash Kishore

Ph.D. Public Policy 2012
Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Avinash Kishore joined IFPRI in September 2012 as a Post-Doctoral Fellow after completing his PhD in Public Policy from Harvard University.... Read more about Avinash Kishore

Carolyn Kousky

Carolyn Kousky

Ph.D. Public Policy 2008
Director of Policy Research and Engagement at University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Risk Center

Dr. Carolyn Kousky is Executive Director at the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where she...

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Jing Li

Ph.D. Economics 2017, Harvard University
William Barton Rogers Career Development Chair of Energy Economics at MIT

Jing Li holds the inaugural William Barton Rogers Career Development Chair of Energy Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. From 2017-2018, Jing...

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Cynthia Lin Lawell

Cynthia Lin Lawell

Ph.D. Economics 2006
Rob Dyson Sesquicentennial Chair in Environmental, Energy, and Resource Economics, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University

C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell is the Rob Dyson Sesquicentennial Chair in Environmental, Energy, and Resource Economics at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. Prior to Cornell University, she was an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Agricultural and Resource Economics Department and the Environmental Science and Policy Department at the University of California at Davis.... Read more about Cynthia Lin Lawell

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Ruben Lubowski

Ph.D. Political Economy and Government 2002
Chief Carbon and Environmental Markets Strategist, Lombard Odier Investment Managers
Ruben Lubowski, Ph.D., specializes in natural resource economics and climate policy. He oversees internal analytical efforts and works with external... Read more about Ruben Lubowski
Kristen McCormack
Kristen McCormack

Kristen McCormack

HEEP Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Ph.D. Public Policy 2023
Economist, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis
Kristen is interested in environmental economics, public economics, and political economy. Prior to starting her Ph.D., she worked as a research assistant at... Read more about Kristen McCormack