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Ph.D. Students

Ph.D. Students and PostDoc Fellows - Who's Who

 

 

  Anastasia Aladysheva

  • anastasia.aladysheva(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin:  Russian Federation
  • Fields of Interest: Development Economics
  • Experience: Deloitte & Touche, Renault
 
 

Apostolou Apostolos

  • apostolos.apostolou(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: 
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Bozzola Martina

  • martina.bozzola(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Italy
  • Fields of Interest: Natural Resource Economics, Trade and Environment, International Trade
  • Experience: Permanent Mission of East Timor to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Caterpillar SARL, General Motors Acceptance Corporation Financial Services, Italian Competition Authority, Symbiotics SA Information, Consulting & Services, Centre for International Environmental Studies, Graduate Institute (research assistant)
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Caselli Francesca Gaia

  • francesca.caselli(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: 
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  Pavel Chakraborty

  • pavel.chakraborty(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: India
  • Fields of Interest: International Trade,Development Economics,Econometrics,Environmental Economics and WTO Issues
  • Experience: Indian Institute of Foreign Trade New Delhi, Centre for International Trade and Development, New Delhi,The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi
 

Chavaz Matthieu

  • matthieu.chavaz(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Switzerland
  • Fields of Interest: Financial Stability, Monetary Economics, International Finance
  • Experience: Swiss National Bank (Financial Stability), Graduate Institute (Teaching Assistant), Economiesuisse/Swiss

 
 

Damuri Yose Rizal

  • yoserizal.damuri(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: 
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Elshair Iman

  • iman.elshair(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin:Egypt
  • Fields of Interest:international finance , monetary economics , development economics
  • Experience:teaching assistant at Cairo University
   

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Eugster Johannes

  • johannes.eugster(at)graduateinstitute.chCountry of Origin: Switzerland
  • Fields of Interests: International Macroeconomics
  • Experience: UNDP (intern), UNITAR (consultant), South African Embassy to Switzerland (Trade & Investment promotion)
     

Christian Friedrich

  • christian.friedrich(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin:  Germany
  • Fields of Interest: Open Economy Macroeconomics,International Finance,Econometrics
  • Experience: Intern and Research Assistant at German Economic Research Institutes (IFW,IWH),Intern at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

 
 

Gori Filippo

  • filippo.gori(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: 
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Gudibande Rohan Ravindra

  • rohan.gudibande(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin:India
  • Fields of Interest:Political Economy of Development,Applied Econometrics
  • Experience:Permanent Mission of India to the UN,ILO
 
   

  Dick Nuwamanya Kamuganga 

  • Dick.Kamuganga(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Uganda
  • Fields of Interests: Trade, Development and Economic Growth, Participation of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in the Multilateral Trading System, Monetary Policy and Economic Growth in SSA, Econometric Modelling and SSA Regional Integration.
  • Experience: Junior Economic Affairs Officer WTO Development Division (2007), Research Assistant (HEI), Resident Research Associate (ACODE-Uganda), Inter-Institutional Trade Committee-Ministry of Tourism Trade and Industry (Uganda), Summer Intern, WTO (2005).

 
 

Karaivanov Stantcho Tzankov

  • stantcho.karaivanov(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: 
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Pierre Kohle

  • Pierre.Kohler(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Switzerland
  • Fields of Interest:
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  Andreas Lendle

  • andreas.lendle(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Germany
  • Fields of Interest: Trade, Regionalism,WTO,Caribbean
  • Experience: International Trade Centre,ODI Fellow (Ministry of Foreign Trade, Guyana), German Foreign Office
 
 

Martinez Gutierrez Catalina

  • catalina.martinez(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Colombia
  • Fields of Interest: Development Economics and International Finance, Impact Investing, Impact Evaluation, international inequality and redistribution, Philosophy of Science.
  • Experience: WTO (Economic Research and Statistics Division), UNCTAD (Debt and Development Finance Branch), BOT (Consultant), Universidad de los Andes (Research and Teaching Assistant), European Commission (Press Office).
     
 

Mitra Annapurna

  • annapurna.mitra(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: India
  • Fields of Interest: Macroeconomics, International Finance, Environmental Macro
 

Mulabdic Alen

  • alen.mulabdic(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: 
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Neumueller Simon

  • simon.neumueller(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Germany
  • Fields of Interest: Trade Intermediaries, Development
  • Experience:Teaching Assistant Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna
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Nguyen Tu Chi

  • tu.nguyen(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Vietnam
  • Fields of Interest: Development Economics, Impact Evaluation, Social Protection, Governance and Political Economy
  • Experience: World Bank, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (USA and Indonesia)
  
 

Özsahin Selcuk

  • selcuk.ozsahin(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Turkey
  • Fields of Interest: International macroeconomy
  • Experience:
     
 

Pasali Selahattin Selsah

  • selahattin.pasali(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Turkey
  • Fields of Interest: Economic Growth, Institutional Economics and Political Economy in Emerging Markets
  • Experience: The Brookings Institution (Independent Researcher), Voluntary work in Africa (i.e. Project Management in rural Kenya and Ghana), Research Assistant (Bernard L. Schwartz Forum on Constructive Capitalism/SAIS), Teaching Assistant (SAIS)
     
 

Paserman Shpiner Michal

  • michal.paserman(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Israel
  • Fields of Interest: sovereign debt, political risk.
  • Experience: Board Member at Ampa Capital Ltd. ,Board Member and Member of the Audit Committee at Ampa Investment Ltd. ,Board Member of the Education Committee of the City of Kiriat Ono, Senior Economist at IFTRIC, Economist at Teva Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Lecturer of Finance and Statistics at Webster University Geneva, Lecturer of Finance at the Hebrew University, Teaching Assistant at Tel Aviv University.
   
 

Ravetti Chiara

  • chiara.ravetti(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Italy
  • Fields of Interest: Natural Resource Economics and Development, Climate change and Trade, Food security
  • Experience: ILO Small and Medium Enterprise Dept., Centre for International Environmental Studies, Graduate Institute (teaching assistant for International Environmental Agreements)
     
 

 
 

  Dennis Reinhardt

  • reinhar7(at)hei.unige.ch
  • Country of Origin: Germany
  • Fields of Interests: International
  • Finance and Open Macroeconomics, Financial Development, Capital Flows
  • Experience : Royal Bank of Scotland, Deutsche Bank Research

 

  Matthias Rieger

  • Matthias.Rieger(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Germany
  • Fields of Interest: Microdevelopment,Impact Evaluations,International Trade
  • Experience : Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), German Institute For Economic Research (DIW), ILO
 

Rollo Valentina

  • valentina.rollo(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Italy
  • Fields of Interest: International Trade, Regional Trade, Development Economics
  • Experience: World Bank (worked as JPA, first in the Africa Regional Integration Department and then in the Latin America & Caribbean Economic Policy Department); ILO (in the Small Enterprise Programme, prepared reports on the assessment of the enabling environment for sustainable enterprises and employment in Swaziland, Ghana and Indonesia); European Commission (Trainee in the Unit responsible of the Negotiation for the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with Caribbean, West and Central Africa).
 

 

  Lorenzo Rotunno

  • lorenzo.rotunno(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin:  Italy
  • Fields of Interest: Trade Policy, Development, Aid Effectiveness 
  • Experience:  Italian National Council for Economics and Labour (Research Assistant), International Trade Centre (Intern)

 

  Julia Schmidt

  • julia.schmidt(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin:  Germany
  • Fields of Interest:  International Macro,Emerging Market Economies,Financial Integration
  • Experience:  Banque de France, UNIDO,Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce,TA Technische Universitaet Dresden
 

Shahid Sohaib

  • sohaib.shahid(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Pakistan
  • Fields of Interest: International Trade, Economic Development, Applied Econometrics, Regionalism
  • Experience: Centre for Trade and Economic Integration (Research Assistant), Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the WTO (Intern), Canadian International Development Agency (Intern)
  

 

  Olga Skorobogatova

  • olga.skorobogatova(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin:  Uzbekistan
  • Fields of Interest: International trade and development, with a focus on non - tariff measures, regulatory protectionism and other trade frictions.
  • Experience: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe,International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO
 
 

Sokolova Maria

  • maria.sokolova(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of origin: Russian Federation
  • Interests: International trade and development, trade policy, technological change in emerging economies, competition policies
  • Experience: Moscow Design Bureau (Economics and Planning Dept.), State Public School 553 (Economics and English Teacher), Cardbordia Social Project (External expert), The Graduate Institute (Teaching Assistant)
         

 

  Sergio Sola

  • Sergio.Sola(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Italy
  • Fields of Interests: Trade, Open Macroeconomics, Development
  • Experience: Consultant (Regional Centre for Economic Development)
 

Traeger Rolf

  • rolf.traeger(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: 
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  Tommaso Trani

  • Tommaso.Trani(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Italy
  • Fields of Interests: International Finance & Open Macroeconomics, Econometrics
  • Experience: Assistant Researcher at GRETA ASS
 

Vargas da Cruz Marcio

  • marcio.cruz(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin:  Country of Origin: Brazil
  • Fields of Interests: Development Economics, International Trade, Impact Evaluation
  • Experience: Federal University of Paraná, Department of Economics (Assistant Professor); Secretary of Planning of the State of Paraná, Center for Coordination of Government Programs (Economist)

 
 

Vieira Barbosa Laudares Humberto

  • humberto.laudares(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Brasil
    Fields of Interest: Development Economics, Macroeconomics, Development Financing and Emerging Economies. 
  • Experience: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Economist); the World Bank (Public Sector Reform Specialist), and Department of Economy and Planning at the Sao Paulo State Government, Brazil (Director of Strategic Investments and Executive Advisor of the Secretary).
 

 

  Natascha Wagner

  • natascha.wagner(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Germany
  • Fields of Interests: Microdevelopment, Impact Evaluations, HIV/AIDS,
    Maternal- and Child Health, Rural Development, Network Dynamics,
    Gender Roles and Female Empowerment
  • Experience: External consultancy for the World Bank, Household and
    individual surveys in Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire, Research and Teaching
    assistance (Econometrics, Impact Evaluation, Development Economics).
 

Xu Ankai

  • Ankai.Xu(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: China
  • Fields of Interest: Trade and environment
  • Experience: UNCTAD, World Trade Organization
 
 
 

Zaga Daniel

  • daniel.zaga(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: 
  • Country of Origin: Argentina
  • Fields of Interest: Development Economics, Poverty Analysis, Social Policy, Latin America
  • Experience: Government of Mexico (Ministry Of Finance) and Argentina (Ministry of Economics); Researcher at CIEPP (Argentina); Economic Analyst at ILD Mexico and at Vector Casa de Bolsa (Mexico).
  
 

Ziegelhöfer Zacharias Michael

  • Zacharias.Ziegelhoefer(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Germany
  • Fields of Interest: Development Economics, Impact Evaluation, Environmental Economics, Econometrics
  • Experience: KfW Entwicklungsbank, United Nations Fund for International Partnerships, International Emissions Trading Association, Roedl & Partner Public Management Consulting
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  Veronika Zavacka

  • veronika.zavacka(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Slovakia
  • Research interests: international trade, international finance
  • Experience: World Bank, European Central Bank, European  Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Teaching assistant (IHEID)

 

 Zoratto Laura 
  • laura.zoratto(at)graduateinstitute.ch
  • Country of Origin: Brazil
  • Fields of Interests: Economic development, trade, inequality
  • Experience : DAI Brazil (Development Alternatives Inc. - working for USAID's and IDB's trade-related projects in Brazil and Africa); Placon (consultant on anti-dumping practices), BNDES-exim (exports division of the Brazilian Bank for Social and Economic Development); Energy economics group in UFRJ (Research Assistant); World Bank (Research Assistant to the report on the Brazilian energy market).