I am a PhD student in the Integrated Anthropological Sciences part of the Anthropology department at UCSB. I have broad interests in evolutionary medicine, life-history theory, pathogen-host interactions, and population genetics. My current work is focused on looking at telomere dynamics through a life-history framework to better understand how continuous or chronic infection can affect aging of the immune system, and how this “immune aging” can contribute to future susceptibility to infection and overall health status. I earned my B.A in Biological Anthropology with a minor in Psychology from Boston University, where I first became interested in the complex interactions between our biology, our adaptations, and the environment. 

I am a PhD student in Economics. Prior to UCSB, I studied at the University of Delhi and the University of Texas at Austin. I've also previously worked on field research in India and Kenya on a wide range of topics in education, child health & nutrition, voter preferences, and cash transfer programs. My primary research interests are labor and development economics. I am especially interested in issues related to gender and education. I'm currently working on research projects on the effect of labor market opportunities for women on fertility and the effect of public school access on student learning in India.

Esaú is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Geography at UC Santa Barbara and part of the Population Health in Geography (PHiG) research group. Esaú's broad research interests include immigration, health outcomes, policy, and spatial data and analysis. He received a B.A. in Political Science from CSU Bakersfield in 2018, and a Master in Public Policy from UC Riverside in 2020. During his time at UC Riverside, Esaú’s research focused on developing a survey to measure the effects that pro-immigrant and restrictive policies have on the integration experiences and health outcomes of Latinx immigrants living in California. 

I am a PhD student in the Integrated Anthropological Sciences program at UC Santa Barbara. My interests include biocultural evolution, cooperation and conflict across systems, and especially the field of evolutionary medicine, with a focus on cancer and microchimerism.
I received a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Oriental Studies from the University of Rome “Sapienza”, and a master’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Milan "Bicocca". After graduating, I started collaborating with the Cancer and Evolution lab at Arizona State University, and with the Cooperation Science Network, an interdisciplinary research group founded by Arizona State University and Rutgers University.

I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. I graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with a Bachelor of Social Science degree in Economics and a certificate from the University Scholars Programme, a rigorous 4-year interdisciplinary program at NUS. My research interests include behavioral economics, experimental economics, and applied microeconomics (labor and health). Currently, I am working on a project that attempts to explain the gender wage gap using a search theoretic model.