People

 


Directors

Kelly Sims Gallagher, Center Co-Director
Dean, The Fletcher School
Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy
Director: Climate Policy Lab
Email: kelly.gallagher@tufts.edu
Website

Melissa McCrackenCenter Co-Director
William R. Moomaw Assistant Professor of International Energy and Resource Policy
Director, Shared Waters Lab
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: Melissa.Mccracken@tufts.edu


Faculty

Jenny Aker
Daniel G. Sisler Professor of Development Economics
Cornell University

Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Professor of Practice of Diplomacy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: Carlos.Alvarado@tufts.edu

Steve Block
Professor of International Economics, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
EIB E240: Development Economics: Macroeconomic Perspectives
EIB E243: Agriculture and Rural Development in Developing Countries
Rishikesh Bhandary
Assistant Director of the Global Development Policy Center’s Global Economic Governance Initiative
Boston University
Email: Rishikesh.Bhandary@tufts.edu
Alvin Camba
Assistant Professor
Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver
Email: aacamba@gmail.com
Charles Chester
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Email: charles.chester@tufts.edu
Website: earthweb.info
Erin Coughlan de Perez
Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Timothy Griffin
Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Email: timothy.griffin@tufts.edu
Eric HinesEric Hines
Professor of Practice, Tufts University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: eric.hines@tufts.edu
Eric HinesJustin Hollander
Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning
Email: justin.hollander@tufts.edu
Karen Jacobsen
Henry J. Leir Professor in Global Migration
Director, Refugees in Towns Project at the Feinstein International Center
Maulik Jagnani
Assistant Professor, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: maulik.jagnani@tufts.edu
Barbara Kates-Garnick
Professor of Practice and Senior Research Fellow
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Sulmaan Khan
Associate Professor of International History and Chinese Foreign Relations, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: sulmaan.khan@tufts.edu
Malam Assane Maigari
Research Lecturer, Agropedology, University of Diffa, Niger
Research interests: Increasing resilience of rural populations through improvements to plant production and environmental protection
Email:
assanemaigari@gmail.com
Marcia Moreno-Baez
Research Professor, The Fletcher School at Tufts University
Email: marcia.morenobaez@tufts.edu
Easwaran Narassimhan
Faculty Affiliate
Email: Easwaran.Narassimhan@tufts.edu
Colin Orians
Professor of Biology, Tufts University
Email: colin.orians@tufts.edu
Nigel Purvis
Professor of Practice, The Fletcher School at Tufts University
Email: nigel.purvis@tufts.edu
Rockford 'Rocky' Weitz
Professor of Practice, Entrepreneur Coach,
Director, Fletcher Maritime Studies Program
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: rockford.weitz@tufts.edu
Fang Zhang
Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University School of Public Policy & Management

Sally Zhang
Assistant Professor of Economics
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: sally.zhang@tufts.edu


Founder


William Moomaw
Professor Emeritus
Founder of CIERP, Center Director 1992-2013
Co-Director Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts
Email: william.moomaw@tufts.edu


Senior Fellows

Maman Lawan Borko
Associate Director Sahel Consulting Group, Niger
Gina McCarthy
Senior Fellow
Amy Myers Jaffe
Senior Fellow
Mihaela Papa
Senior Fellow
Co-Investigator, Rising Power Alliances project
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Zhiwei Yang
Chinese Visiting Scholar, Climate Policy Lab
The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Postdoctoral Scholars

CIERP trains postdoctoral scholars and hosts visiting scholars from around the world. See past Postdoctoral Scholars here.

Nora Hampl
Postdoctoral Scholar
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: nora.hampl@tufts.edu
Hengrui (Henry) Liu
Postdoctoral Scholar
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: hengrui.liu@tufts.edu
Zdenka Myslikova
Non-Resident Visiting Scholar
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: zdenka.myslikova@tufts.edu


Saidou Abdoulaye Sy
Postdoctoral Scholar
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: saidou_abdoulaye.sy@tufts.edu


Research Fellows

CIERP trains doctoral students who serve as pre-doctoral Research Fellows in CIERP and the Climate Policy Lab. Our students have co-authored journal articles, reports and other publications with CIERP faculty and visiting scholars, and independently published papers of their own.

Kwame Ababio
Junior Research Fellow
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: kwame.ababio@tufts.edu
Kate Chi
Junior Research Fellow
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: kate.chi@tufts.edu
Zheng Cui
Junior Research Fellow
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: zheng.cui@tufts.edu
Tarun Gopalakrishnan
Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: tarun.gopalakrishnan@tufts.edu
Seth Owusu-Mante
Predoctoral Research Fellow
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: Seth.Owusu_Mante@tufts.edu
Bethany Tietjen
Predoctoral Research Fellow
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: bethany.tietjen@tufts.edu
Soyoung Oh
Junior Research Fellow
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: soyoung.oh@tufts.edu
Nathaniel Dolton-Thornton
Nonresident Junior Research Fellow
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: Nathaniel.Dolton_Thornton@tufts.edu
Siddharth Jain
Junior Research Fellow
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Email: Siddharth.Jain@tufts.edu


Administrators


Mieke van der Wansem
Director of Programs
Email: mieke.wansem@tufts.edu
Phone: (617) 627-2476
Jillian DeStone
Senior Associate Director, Research Administration
Email: jillian.destone@tufts.edu
Phone: (617) 627-2778

Sara Rosales Laverty
Assistant Director
Email: sara.rosales@tufts.edu
Phone: (617) 627-3079
Max Zandi
Program Coordinator
Email: Maxwell.Zandi@tufts.edu