Neubauer Family Program in Economics and Public Policy (PhD) Students

Vaishnavi Agarwal
Area(s) of Study: Development Economics, Environmental Economics, Political Economy
Education: MSc Economics, London School of Economics; BA (Honors) in Economics, Ashoka University, Matriculated 2023-2024

Alzaki Alhelo
Area(s) of Study: Development Economics, Political Economy, Macroeconomics
Education: MSc in Economics University of Khartoum, Sudan; MA in Development Economics, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar; BSc (Honors) in Economics and Quantitative Analysis University of Khartoum, Matriculated 2023-2024

Esete Solomon Andargie
Area(s) of Study: Development Economics, International Trade
Education: MA International Commerce, Seoul National University; BA Economics, Ewha Woman’s University, Matriculated 2024- 2025


Addis Abera Ayalew
Area(s) of Study: Development Economics, Public Economics, Applied Econometrics
Education: MPS Global Development, Cornell University; MSc Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; BA Economics, Haramaya University (Ethiopia), Matriculated 2024-2025

Billy Babis
Area(s) of Study: Energy and Environmental Economics
Education: BS Computer Science & Math, Boston College; Matriculated 2019-2020

Aanchal Bagga
Area(s) of Study: Development Economics, Political Economics, Agricultural Economics
Education: MA Economics, Vanderbilt University; BA Economics, University of Delhi (India), Matriculated 2022-2023

Jilmar Robledo Caicedo
Area(s) of Study: Development Economics, Applied Econometrics, Environmental Economics
Education: MA Economics CUNY; MSc Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; BA Engineering, UTCH, Matriculated 2023-2024


Pushyami Chilakapati
Area(s) of study: Development Economics, Environmental Economics, Labor Economics
Education: MA International and Development Economics, Yale University; BA (Honors) Economics, Miranda House, University of Delhi. Matriculated 2025-2026



Andrew Ghattass
Area(s) of Study: Development Economics, Environmental Economics, Industrial Development.
Education: BSc Mathematics and Economics, University of Michigan, Matriculated 2023-2024

Gauri Shankar Gautam
Area(s) of Study: Development Economics, Political Economy, Environment and Energy
Education: MA Economics, Howard University, BS in Computer Science, Howard University, Matriculated 2024-2025




Lorena Moreno
Area(s) of Study: Development Economics, Impact Evaluation, Social Networks, Health Economics, Behavioral Economics.
Education: MSc Social Research Methods, London School of Economics and Political Science; MSc Development Economics, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences; BSc Economics, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Matriculated 2023-2024

Usman Naeem
Area(s) of Study: Development Economics, Environmental Economics, Behavioural Economics
Education: MS Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences; BA Economics, National University of Singapore, Matriculated 2021-2022

Jovitah Namutebi
Area(s) of study: Development Economics, Agricultural Economics, Political Economy
Education: MSc. Mathematics, Economics and Statistics, African School of Economics; BA Development Economics, Makerere University Uganda, Matriculated 2024-2025

Meghna Padmanabhan
Area(s) of Study: Development Economics, Environmental and Energy Economics, Health Economics
Education: BSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, Matriculated 2025-2026

Romil Pandey
Area(s) of Study: Development Economics, Political Economy
Education: BA Economics & Mathematics, Boston University; MA International and Development Economics, Yale University, Matriculated 2025-2026

Johanna Pottebaum
Area(s) of Study: Development Economics, Applied Econometrics, Public Economics, Political Economy
Education: BA Applied Mathematics and Economics (Honors), University of California Berkeley, Matriculated 2025-2026

Clare Sachsse
Area(s) of Study: Environmental Economics, Climate Policy
Education: BA Environmental Studies, Wellesley College, Matriculated 2022-2023

Saumya Singla
Area(s) of Study: Development Economics, Applied Econometrics, Agricultural Economics
Education: MA in International and Development Economics, Yale University; MA in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; BA (Honors) in Economics, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University, Matriculated 2025-2026

Manali Sovani
Area(s) of Study: Development Economics, Gender, Labor Economics, Climate Economics
Education: MA Economics, Ashoka University, Sonipat (2020); BTech in Electrical Engineering, GGSIPU, Delhi (2018), Matriculated 2020-2021

Anaïs-Tricia Toungui
Area(s) of Study: Development Economics, Public Economics, Agricultural Economics
Education: MIA Economic and Political Development, Columbia University (SIPA); BA International Studies, Marymount Manhattan College, Matriculated 2022-2023

Astha Vohra
Area(s) of Study: Development Economics, Health Economics, Environmental & Energy Economics, Applied Econometrics
Education: MA International and Development Economics, Yale University (2020), BA Economics (Honors) Delhi University (2017), Matriculated 2024-2025