Group Members

We are looking for new PhD students, Postdocs, and Master students to join the team (see openings) !

Jump to staff, master and bachelor students, alumni, administrative support, lab visitors.

Current Members

Luke C Sanford

Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy and Governance
email: luke.sanford@yale.edu
Personal Website

  • BA Politics, Whitman College 2009
  • MA School of Global Policy and Strategy, UCSD 2017
  • PhD Political Science and International Affairs, UCSD 2021

Albert Garcia

Postdoctoral Associate | Incoming Assistant Professor (University of Utah)
email: alberto.garcia@yale.edu
Personal Website

  • BA Math and Economics, Willamette University 2016
  • PhD Environmental Science and Management, UCSB 2023

Owen Cortner

Postdoctoral Associate at Yale School of the Environment
email: owen.cortner@yale.edu

  • B.S. Environmental Science, New Mexico State University, 2011
  • M.S. International Agricultural Development, UC Davis, 2016
  • Dr. sc. Environmental Policy, ETH Zürich, 2023

Megan Ayers

PhD Student in Statistics & Data Science
email: m.ayers@yale.edu

  • BA Math and Physics, Lewis & Clark College 2019

Lauren Oliver

PhD Student at Yale School of the Environment
email: lauren.oliver@yale.edu

  • BS in Civil Engineering, Santa Clara University, 2018
  • MA Global Affairs, Concentration in Sustainable Development, University of Notre Dame, 2022

Eliana Stone

Master of Environmental Science Student, started August 2022
email: eliana.stone@yale.edu

  • BA Economics and Environmental Studies, UCSB 2022

Allie Garrett

Master of Environmental Management Student, started August 2022
email: allie.garrett@yale.edu

  • B.S. Sustainable Development, Concentration in Community, Regional and Global Development, 2015

Gracia Hadiwidjaja (Grace)

PhD Student at Yale School of the Environment
email: gracia.hadiwidjaja@yale.edu

  • B.A. Mathematics and Religious Studies, University of Virginia
  • Msc. Policy Analysis, KU Leuven

Izzi Hu

Lab dog
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  • Sophomore status at CCL at Yale

Tala

Lab dog
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  • Adult Level 1 at PetCo

Affiliates

Kathryn Baragwanath

Research Professor at ACU

Alumni

Cesar B Martinez-Alvarez


Role: Donnelley Postdoctoral Associate | Incoming Assistant Professor of Political Science (UCSB)

  • BA International Relations, El Colegio de Mexico 2013
  • MA International Policy, Stanford University 2016
  • PhD Political Science, UCLA 2022

Matthew Gordon


Role: PhD Candidate in Environmental Economics

  • Msc Economic Geography from London School of Economics
  • BA Philosophy from Hamilton College

Gabe Snashall


Role: Master of Environmental Science Student, started August 2021

  • BA Political Science and Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University, 2021

Eliot Carlson


Role: Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Statistics & Data Science, Yale University 2023

Annie Ulichney


Role: Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Applied Math & Mechanical Engineering, Yale University 2022.5

Jackson Pullman


Role: Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Statistics & Data Science, Yale University 2023

Lauren Salzman


Role: Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Statistics & Data Science, Yale University 2023

Charles Xu


Role: Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Applied Math & Chemistry, Yale University 2023

Katy Sun


Role: Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Yale University 2024

Ruolin “Eudora” Miao

In the SPIRES Lab for the 2021-2022 school year, now Forest Carbon Manager at a Timber Investment Management Organization
Role: MFS Student

  • BS Duke University (2019)

Administrative Support

Timothy White is helping us (and other groups) with administration.