PhD Fellowships: Global Math Talent - Fellows

Paolo Adajar studies the economics of education, with a particular focus on educational equity. Their work seeks to understand the barriers to accessing high-quality resources and how interventions and institutions can shape student success.

Rachel Moore is an economics PhD student at Princeton University interested in labor and education. Her research focuses on educational access, non-traditional students, and the labor market impacts of broad human capital development.

Andrew Smith explores how high school curriculum policies shape student enrollment in mathematics coursework and influence their postsecondary choices.
 

Xizhao's research interests include innovation and entrepreneurship, technology, labor, and organizational economics. She is studying how democratic incentives shape talent mobility and the impacts of democratic environments on attracting and retaining exceptional talent.

Calaway is investigating the allocation of high-achieving math students across different fields and occupations, as well as examining the impact of math competitions and teachers on the development of students' mathematical abilities.

Kocks is studying the long-run consequences of educational programs, and the effectiveness of policies intended to reduce gaps in access to such programs.

Llanes' interests are in the fields of economics of education, labor economics and development economics. Her research centers on examining the effects of various interventions on classroom dynamics and mathematics learning in the context of Mexico.

Vira is studying the behavioral determinants of student choices in secondary and tertiary education and their consequences for students' career outcomes, particularly in the UK.

Vrioni is studying topics at the intersection of labor and industrial organization, with a focus on the economics of higher education and human capital development.