Group Members

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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

Owen Cortner

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

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

Sarah Castle

Postdoctoral Associate at Yale School of the Environment
email: sarah.castle@yale.edu
Personal Website

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2019
PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2024

Megan Ayers

PhD Candidate 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, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Group
email: lauren.oliver@yale.edu

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Santa Clara University, 2018
MA Global Affairs, Concentration in Sustainable Development, University of Notre Dame, 2022

Eliana Stone

PhD Student at Yale School of the Environment, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Group
email: eliana.stone@yale.edu

BA Economics and Environmental Studies, UCSB, 2022
Master of Environmental Science, Yale School of the Environment, 2024

Maike Pfeiffer

PhD Student at Yale School of the Environment, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Group
email: maike.pfeiffer@yale.edu

B.Sc. in Data Science & Statistics and Policy, Minerva University, 2020

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

Apurva Duddu

PhD Student at Yale School of the Environment
email: apurva.duddu@yale.edu

B.Sc. Economics, Symbiosis School of Economics
M.A., Natural Resources and Governance, Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Mariam Gedenidze

Master of Environmental Science Student
email: mariam.gedenidze@yale.edu

B.Sc. in Mathematics and Economics, Ecole Polytechnique, 2023
Master in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, IP Paris, 2024

Mike Zhang

Undergraduate Research Assistant
email: mike.zhang@yale.edu

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

Albert Garcia

Role: Postdoctoral Associate | Assistant Professor (University of Utah)

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

Cesar B Martinez-Alvarez

Role: Donnelley Postdoctoral Associate | 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: Assistant professor at Paris School of Economics

PhD in Environmental Economics
Msc Economic Geography from London School of Economics

Allie Garrett

Role: Master of Environmental Management Student, started August 2022

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

Gabe Snashall

Role: Master of Environmental Science Student, started August 2021

BA Political Science and Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University, 2021