This year’s research teams
Solar Power in Rural Communities
Led by Senior Fellow Sahith Mocharla
Supported by Research Fellows Ananya Chiluka, Dawson Yao, and Sarah Lee
VAT and Equity in Informal Economies
Led by Senior Fellow: Mark Humphreys
Supported by Research Fellows: Anish Ravindran, Elyse Neves, and Gaurav Verghese
Drivers of Columbian Coca Farming
Led by Senior Fellow: Alex Corley
Supported by Research Fellows: Anisha Bhattaru, Juan Sarmiento, Mina Bilal, and Shivani Purohit
Defense Technology and Emerging Markets
Led by Senior Fellow: Keshav Krishna
Supported by Research Fellows: Carter Goetz, Charles VanHorn, and Kailani Yano-Pennings
Check out our work below!

What will be the approval rating for Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the 2021 midterm elections?
Team Latin America’s Spring 2021 Research Paper

China Team Executive Summary
The final research question chosen was “Will China meet its Made in China 2025 defense-critical manufacturing goals on time?”

Latin America Team Executive Summary
Qualitatively, our research team has decided to investigate six potential topics in our framework to answer our forecasting question: What will be the approval rating for Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in the 2021 midterm elections?

Capturing Financial Gains in AI-Dense Industries with Exchange Traded Portfolios
Team AI’s Fall 2020 Research Paper

How will COVID-19 affect the size of Brazil’s informal labor market relative to its formal market?
Team Latin America’s Fall 2020 Research Paper
Past Research Teams
Fall 2020 – Spring 2021
Politics of Genocide
Adarsh Javvaji, Tisha Chaudhuri, Emma Costa, Shivani Purohit, Amina Syed
Crisis in Affordable Housing
Sernry Tu, Aditya Dronamraju, Sarah Lee, Sebastián Leal, Henry Stocker
Healthcare
Vedanth Ramabhadran, Aayan Khasgiwala, Anish Ravindran, Anisha Bhattaru
US-China Relations
Melanie Hsieh, Keshav Krishna, Arnav Myana, Zarik Tao
Fall 2020 – Spring 2021
Latin America’s Emerging Economies
Evan Bimaputra, Paul Choi, Grainne O’Casey,
Nikhil Guddati, Chloe Jin
The Global Rise
of China
Mauricio Aguilar, Sahana Rao, Sam Mills,
Jenna Chen, Morgan Myhill, Porter Slack
Artificial Intelligence and Automation
Sanchith Shanmuga, Brian Lee, Nehaarika Shridhar,
Juan Esparza, Faizan Firdaus
Spring 2020
US–China Relations
Evan Bimaputra, Justin Tran, Kaitlyn Marcatante, Mauricio Aguilar, Cameron Waltz
Climate Change
Paul Choi, Sanchith Shanmuga, Seann DSouza, Brian Lee