The International Development Speaker Series Team
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Series Coordinators
Zhimin Mao
PRGS student with research interests in energy, the environment, global health and international development. She holds an M.S. in public policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.S. in business and technology management from Clarkson University in New York.
Edmundo Molina-Perez
PRGS student with research interests in climate change, sustainability, technological transitions, modeling methods, and exploratory analysis. He holds an M.S. in engineering and policy analysis from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and a B.S. in civil engineering from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
Tobi Oluwatolu
PRGS student with research interests in energy, robust decision making, operations research, security and economic development. He holds a B.S. in electronic and electrical engineering Obafemi Awolowo University.
Abdul Ahad Tariq
PRGS student with interests in energy and environment policy, national security, science and technology policy, and healthcare. He holds a B.S. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology.
Caroline Tassot
PRGS student with research interests in labor and population, health and development. She holds a master's in international affairs and development economics, and a B.A. in political science from Sciences Po in Paris.
Faculty Advisor
Krishna Kumar
Advisor of IDSS, senior economist, and PRGS professor. He is the director of the Research and Policy in International Development (RAPID) center within RAND Labor and Population. He is also in charge of the Rosenfeld Program on Asian Development at PRGS. His research focuses on economic growth and development, international economics, education, technological change and macroeconomics.
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