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
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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
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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
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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
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Megan Ayers
PhD Student in Statistics & Data Science
email: m.ayers@yale.edu
- BA Math and Physics, Lewis & Clark College 2019
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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
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Eliana Stone
Master of Environmental Science Student, started August 2022
email: eliana.stone@yale.edu
- BA Economics and Environmental Studies, UCSB 2022
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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
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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
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Izzi Hu
Lab dog
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- Sophomore status at CCL at Yale
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Tala
Lab dog
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Affiliates
Kathryn Baragwanath
Research Professor at ACU
Alumni
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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
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Matthew Gordon
Role: PhD Candidate in Environmental Economics
- Msc Economic Geography from London School of Economics
- BA Philosophy from Hamilton College
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Gabe Snashall
Role: Master of Environmental Science Student, started August 2021
- BA Political Science and Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University, 2021
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Eliot Carlson
Role: Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Statistics & Data Science, Yale University 2023
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Annie Ulichney
Role: Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Applied Math & Mechanical Engineering, Yale University 2022.5
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Jackson Pullman
Role: Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Statistics & Data Science, Yale University 2023
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Lauren Salzman
Role: Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Statistics & Data Science, Yale University 2023
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Charles Xu
Role: Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Applied Math & Chemistry, Yale University 2023
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Katy Sun
Role: Undergraduate Research Assistant
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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.