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

Alexander Jacobs

Bakari Sibert
Associate

Klea Kalia
Associate
EDITORIAL AND COMMUNICATIONS

Elham Saeidinezhad
Fellow, Market Structure

Emma Fajgenbaum
Senior Editor

Jack Gross
Research Writer and Editor

Josue Chavez
Publishing and Operations Associate

Maya Adereth
Deputy Editor

Molly Dektar
Director

Ratik Asokan
Fellow, Associate Editor

Sanoja Bhaumik
Managing Editor

Tim Barker
Contributing Editor
RESEARCH

Arden Ali
Lead Researcher

Eduard Nilaj
Data Science Research Associate

Francis Tseng
Lead Independent Researcher

Jack Landry
Research Associate

Jerome Hodges

Laura Beamer
Lead Researcher

Paul Katz
VP and Lead Researcher

Roberta Costa
Research Manager

Sidhya Balakrishnan
Director of Research

Sina Sinai
Research Associate
RESEARCH FELLOWS

Adriel Araujo
Fellow

David Gray Grant
Senior Fellow

Ege Aksu
Fellow

Greg Keenan
Fellow

Johannes Haushofer
Senior Fellow

Jonathan Calenzani
Fellow

Leah Hamilton
Senior Fellow

Lily Hu
Senior Fellow

Marcella Cartledge
Fellow

Marshall Steinbaum
Senior Fellow

Milo Phillips-Brown
Fellow

Sara Franklin
Fellow

Sérgio Pinto
Fellow

Thaís Donega
Fellow
AFFILIATE AND EMERGING INITIATIVES

Adi Rao
Fellow

Anna Hope Emerson
Fellow

Friederike Schuur
Fellow

Jonah Allen
Fellow

Lexin Cai
Fellow

Mikhael Gaster
Fellow

Sarah Kreps
Senior Fellow

Natalie Leonard
Fellow

Pauline Leung
Senior Fellow

Nolan Lindquist
Executive Director

Théophile Pouget-Abadie
Fellow

Zhuan Pei
Senior Fellow
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.