Justin’s research focuses on understanding long running, persistent patterns in economic growth and development. In doing so, he has examined historical, cultural differences that are observed in the genes of contemporary populations—a prime example being lactose tolerance. And his current work focuses on understanding the persistence of populations and economic output from the historical locations of past civilizations. Recent work also explores the aggregate impacts of redistributive policies, particularly in India. 

Sunil H. Contractor is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Marketing at Tulane University. His research areas are Brand Strategy, Escalation of Commitment, Emotions (Regret and Disappointment) and Scale Design. He has published articles in Journal of Brand Strategy, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, International Journal of Innovation Management and Journal of Targeting, Measurement and Analysis for Marketing.

Liz Camuti, RLA, is a landscape architect and Visiting Assistant Professor at Tulane School of Architecture. Her work focuses on resilience planning and design for climate adaptation, particularly in cities along the Gulf Coast.   She previously worked at SCAPE Landscape Architecture in New Orleans where she both led and contributed to inter-disciplinary teams developing landscape strategies and innovative infrastructure for public projects at multiple scales.   

Tommaso Buvoli is joining Tulane University as an assistant professor in the math department. Previously, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor in applied mathematics at the University of California, Merced. In 2018, he earned his PhD in applied mathematics at the University of Washington under the supervision of Professor Randall LeVeque. His research interests lie at the intersection of numerical analysis, scientific computing, and high-performance computing.

I will be starting as an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Tulane University. Prior to starting at Tulane, I worked at the World Bank in the Development Research Group. I obtained my PhD in Economics from Stanford University in 2019 and my Bachelor of Science from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand in 2011.

Joshua Basseches’ research and teaching focus on energy and climate politics and policymaking in the U.S. states, where most of the action in these policy areas has taken place thus far. He examines the roles of business interests, environmental and consumer advocacy organizations, and state-level policymakers in shaping the content and design of the policies that have emerged.

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Dr. Alsaad completed Internal Medicine residency at the Mayo Clinic, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional/Structural Cardiology Fellowship at the University of Chicago. Dr. Alsaad’s research is focused on intravascular imaging and quality improvement in health care. Dr. Alsaad has over 50 publications and book chapters in the fields of internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Alsaad has several awards and recognitions including an outstanding resident award from the American College of Physicians.