Sustainability Science Program

Research Fellows

Research Fellows

2012-13 Sustainability Science Fellows (alphabetically)

Ahmed Abdel-Latif, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow
Amrita Ahuja, Research Fellow
Lorenzo Casaburi, Doctoral Research Fellow
Gabe Chan, joint SSP and ETIP Doctoral Research Fellow
Brian Dillon, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Tara Grillos, Doctoral Fellow
Patricia Guardabassi, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Alicia Harley, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Research Fellow
Guangyou Hao, Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Christina Ingersoll, Research Fellow
Santosh Kesavan, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow
Eunjee Lee, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Angela Livino, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Research Fellow
Scott Moore, joint Giorgio Ruffolo and ETIP Doctoral Research Fellow
Sharmila Murthy, Research Fellow
Annalidia Pansini, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow
Laura Pereira, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Nicholas Ryan, Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Sheetal Sekhri is Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow
Hardik Shah, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow
Samuel Stolper, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Research Fellow
Anant Sudarshan, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Sandip Sukhtankar, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow
Livio Valenti, Empedocle Maffia Fellow
Alessandra Voena, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow
Elizabeth Walker, Vicki Norberg-Bohm Fellow
Annalisa Zezza Sorrentino, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow
Chao Zhang, joint Giorgio Ruffolo and ETIP Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Yongjiang Zhang, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Sustainability Science

2012-13 Sustainability Science Fellows (by Initiative)

Sustainable Development of the Amazon and its Surrounding Regions: The Interplay of Changing Climate, Hydrology, and Land Use

Eunjee Lee, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Integrated assessment of land-use and hydrology for sustainable development of the Amazon under changing climate

Angela Livino, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Research Fellow
Analyzing the impacts of climate changes on Amazon Rivers and the implications for energy development

Sustainable Energy Development in China: Challenges and Options

Scott Moore, joint Giorgio Ruffolo and ETIP Doctoral Research Fellow
The politics of thirst: Hydropolitics in China

Chao Zhang, joint Giorgio Ruffolo and ETIP Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Integrated assessment of environment, energy and resource policies in China

Governance Innovations for Sustainable Development: Building Public-Private Partnerships in India

Santosh Kesavan, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow
Design and evaluation of a public-private partnership scheme to promote sustainable transportation in India

Nicholas Ryan, Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Is there an energy-efficiency gap? Measuring returns to efficiency with a field experiment in India

Sheetal Sekhri is Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow
Promoting the adoption of water-saving technologies in agriculture: Role of information and incentives

Hardik Shah, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow
Applicability of US water quality trading programs in an Indian scenario

Samuel Stolper, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Research Fellow
Negative externalities of industrialization: Water pollution and infant health in India

Anant Sudarshan, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Research Fellow
A particulate emissions trading scheme for India: Evaluating the impact of information and markets

Sandip Sukhtankar, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow
(Monetizing) power to the people: An intervention in electricity markets in rural India

Innovation and Access to Technologies for Sustainable Development

Ahmed Abdel-Latif, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow
Innovation for sustainability in health, energy and agriculture: Lessons from Brazil's experience

Gabe Chan, joint SSP and ETIP Doctoral Research Fellow
Evaluating Institutions for Innovation

Brian Dillon, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Crop residue management as a farmer decision problem
The link between land tenure security and agricultural investment: Theory and evidence from Zambia

Alicia Harley, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Research Fellow
Innovation and technology transfer in agri-food systems for sustainable development and improved livelihoods

Christina Ingersoll, Research Fellow
Corporate sustainability engagement and private sector policy

Sharmila Murthy, Research Fellow
Innovation for sustainable and equitable water management

Laura Pereira, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Drivers of innovation in the food system faced with climate change

Livio Valenti, Empedocle Maffia Fellow
Revolutioning global health by creating low cost, thermo-stable vaccines

Alessandra Voena, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow
Maternal health risk and the gender gap in the demand for children in Zambia
The link between land tenure security and agricultural investment: Theory and evidence from Zambia

Integrated Use of Land and Water Resources

Lorenzo Casaburi, Doctoral Research Fellow
Contract farming, environmental stress, and agricultural dynamics in western Kenya

Guangyou Hao, Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Ecophysiology of Atriplex canescens in the Chihuahuan Desert: Implications for sustainable use of introduced shrubs for land rehabilitation in northern China

Yongjiang Zhang, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Research Fellow
The importance of fog in maintaining tropical rainforests in southwest China: Physiological and hydrological basis for forest conservation and sustainable development

Biofuels and Globalization

Patricia Guardabassi, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Research Fellow
The role of public policies to overcome the obstacles to the expansion of biofuel programs in African countries

Annalidia Pansini, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow
The role of the renewable energy sources towards the establishment of a Euro-Mediterranean energy cooperation partnership

Annalisa Zezza Sorrentino, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow
Governance innovation for sustainability: The role of voluntary certification schemes for biofuels

Others

Amrita Ahuja, Research Fellow
Institutional Design for Safe Water Provision: The Role of Incentives, Monitoring and Local Leaders

Tara Grillos, Doctoral Fellow
Beneficiary participation in water supply and management projects

Elizabeth Walker, Vicki Norberg-Bohm Fellow
Development tradeoffs: Investigating the environmental externalities of industrial development in South Africa

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