Postdoctoral Fellows

King Center postdoctoral fellows are new PhDs who work on critical issues related to global development and poverty alleviation.

King Center Postdoctoral Fellows are eligible to apply for Global Development Research Funding.

Learn more about the postdoctoral program and how to apply

Current Postdoctoral Fellows

Resuf Ahmed
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2026–2027
Ananya Bhattacharjee
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2025–2027
Shelby Carvalho
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2025–2027
Lucile Dehouck
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2026–2028
Alyssa Heinze
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2026–2027
Tess Lallemant
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2026–2028
Kailash Rajah
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2026–2027
Valeria Ramírez Castañeda
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2025–2027

Former Postdoctoral Fellows

Marie Christine Apedo-Amah
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2017–2019
Augustin Bergeron
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2021–2022
Jeremy Bowles
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2021–2023
Giulia Buccione
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2024–2025
Yoshika Susan Crider
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2021–2023
Onja Davidson Raoelison
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2024–2026
Brandon de la Cuesta
Research Scientist | Environmental Change and Human Outcomes Lab
Binta Zahra Diop
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2023–2024
Ashrakat Elshehawy
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2023–2025
Saloni Gupta
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2024–2025
Nirvikar Jassal
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2020–2022
Sara Lowes
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2019–2020
Marie Christelle Mabeu
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2021–2023
Madeline McKelway
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2020–2021
Carlos Paramo
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2025–2026
Juan Felipe Riaño
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2022–2023
Karmini Sharma
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2022–2023
Meredith Startz
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2018–2019
Nicholas Swanson
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2024–2025
Eleanor Wiseman
Postdoctoral Fellow | 2023–2025