Our Team
JFI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit applied research organization founded in 2014 by Bob Jain.
Our team of staff and fellows includes experts and academics from the fields of economics, data analysis, financial modeling, political economy, and policy, among others.
BOARD
STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS
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Alexander Jacobs
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Klea Kalia
Associate
EDITORIAL AND COMMUNICATIONS
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Maya Adereth
Deputy Editor
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Tim Barker
Contributing Editor
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Josue Chavez
Publishing and Operations Associate
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Sanoja Bhaumik
Managing Editor
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Molly Dektar
Director
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Andrew Elrod
Associate Editor
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Emma Fajgenbaum
Senior Editor
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Hugo Fanton
Editor
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Camilo Andrés Garzón
Editor
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Jack Gross
Research Writer and Editor
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Tenaya Nasser-Frederick
Assistant Editor
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Elham Saeidinezhad
Fellow, Market Structure
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Maria Fernanda Sikorski
Editor
RESEARCH
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Arden Ali
Lead Researcher
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Eduard Nilaj
Data Science Research Associate
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Francis Tseng
Lead Independent Researcher
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Jack Landry
Research Associate
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Jerome Hodges
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Jonah Allen
Research Associate
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Laura Beamer
Lead Researcher
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Paul Katz
VP and Lead Researcher
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Roberta Costa
Research Manager
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Sidhya Balakrishnan
Director of Research
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Sina Sinai
Research Associate
RESEARCH FELLOWS
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Adriel Araujo
Fellow
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Ege Aksu
Fellow
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Jonathan Calenzani
Fellow
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Marcella Cartledge
Fellow
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Thaís Donega
Fellow
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Yakov Feygin
Fellow
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Sultana Fouzia
Research Fellow
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Sara Franklin
Fellow
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Leah Hamilton
Senior Fellow
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Johannes Haushofer
Senior Fellow
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Sérgio Pinto
Fellow
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Marshall Steinbaum
Senior Fellow
AFFILIATE AND EMERGING INITIATIVES
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Adi Rao
Fellow
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Lexin Cai
Fellow
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Mikhael Gaster
Fellow
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Sarah Kreps
Senior Fellow
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Pauline Leung
Senior Fellow
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Nolan Lindquist
Executive Director
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Zhuan Pei
Senior Fellow
FELLOWS EMERITI
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David Gray Grant
Senior Fellow Emeritus
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Lily Hu
Senior Fellow Emeritus
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Greg Keenan
Fellow Emeritus
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Milo Phillips-Brown
Senior Fellow Emeritus
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Théophile Pouget-Abadie
Fellow Emeritus
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Friederike Schuur
Fellow Emeritus
OPEN POSITIONS
The Jain Family Institute has frequent openings for research fellowships. We share new opportunities in Sources, Phenomenal World’s weekly letter. If you feel an affinity for our work and have a strong background or interest in higher education finance, digital ethics, guaranteed income, or, more broadly, economics, policy, finance, and the social sciences, please contact us, even if there is no specific job listing active. Send your CV and a few paragraphs about your background and interest to us at opportunities@jainfamilyinstitute.org.
JFI fellowship funding is for the benefit of fellows and does not cover indirect or overhead costs, if any, at third party institutions.