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Jesse McCarthy

Ph.D. in English, Princeton University 2018, M.A. in English, Princeton University 2013, B.A. English, Amherst College 2006

Harvard UniversityUSAfrican and African American Studies

Jesse McCarthy is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities and of the Social Sciences in the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in English...

MedicineEnvironmental scienceOceanographyBiology
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Kaighin McColl

Environmental Science and Public Policy Concentration

Harvard UniversityUSEnvironmental Science and Public Policy

My group uses theory, numerical models and observations to understand the terrestrial water cycle, and its relation to weather and climate over land. We are particularly interested in aspects of weather and climate that...

Environmental scienceAtmospheric sciencesRemote sensingClimatology
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4.7K
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Phil Capin

Assistant Professor of Education

Harvard UniversityUSSocial Studies and Civics Education

Phil Capin is an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on understanding individual differences in reading development and designing and evaluating effective instructional...

PsychologyMathematics educationDevelopmental psychologyComputer science
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636
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48
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Elmendorf, Douglas

Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Public Policy; Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor

Harvard UniversityUSPublic Policy

Douglas Elmendorf is a professor of public policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, holding the title of Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Public Policy and Harvard University Distinguished Service...

BiologyCell biologyNeuroscienceEndocrinology
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Gary Chamberlain

Professor

Harvard UniversityUSEconomics

Gary Chamberlain was a distinguished Professor of Economics at Harvard University and held the title of Louis Berkman Research Professor of Economics. He passed away in February 2020. His academic career included...

EconometricsMathematicsEconomicsStatistics
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13.4K
citations
65
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Ali S. Asani

Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures

Harvard UniversityUSAfrican and African American Studies

Professor Ali S. Asani holds the position of Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. He is also a Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, with a joint...

HistoryArtLiteratureAncient history
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549
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59
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Danielle Choi

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture

Harvard UniversityUSLandscape Architecture

Danielle Narae Choi is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Her research and teaching examine landscape design as a cultural practice that brings technology,...

MedicineBiologyInternal medicineCell biology
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Ludwig Straub

Professor

Harvard UniversityUSEconomics

Ludwig Straub is a professor of economics at Harvard University. His research areas are macroeconomics and international economics. Among his topics of interest are the recent decline in the natural rate of interest,...

EconomicsMonetary economicsEconometricsMacroeconomics
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4.7K
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Jon D. Levenson

Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies

Harvard UniversityUSFaculty of Divinity

Jon D. Levenson is the Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard Divinity School, where he began teaching in 1988. His work concentrates on the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, including its...

Computer scienceEnvironmental scienceMedicinePsychiatry
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406
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Naoshige Uchida

Professor

Harvard UniversityUSMolecular and Cellular Biology

Naoshige Uchida is the Jeff C. Tarr Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University, affiliated with the Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology. His laboratory focuses on neuronal processes by...

NeuroscienceBiologyPsychologyComputer science
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22.8K
citations
174
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David R. Nelson

David R. Nelson

Harvard UniversityUSApplied Physics

David R. Nelson is the Arthur K. Solomon Professor of Biophysics and Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University. His primary teaching area is Applied Physics. His research areas include Applied...

PhysicsCondensed matter physicsMaterials scienceBiology
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57.1K
citations
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Heather C. Hill

Heather C. Hill

Harvard UniversityUSSocial Studies and Civics Education

Heather C. Hill is the Hazen-Nicoli Professor in Teacher Learning and Practice at Harvard Graduate School of Education, currently on leave for the 2025-2026 academic year. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of...

Mathematics educationPsychologyComputer sciencePedagogy
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14.1K
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157
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Gennaro Chierchia

Professor

Harvard UniversityUSLinguistics

Gennaro Chierchia is the Haas Foundations Professor of Linguistics and Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. His intellectual work centers on studying how meaning takes shape in human language. A central theme...

LinguisticsComputer sciencePsychologyNatural language processing
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12.5K
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107
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David Pedulla

Associate Professor of Sociology

Harvard UniversityUSSocial Studies and Policy

David Pedulla is Professor of Sociology and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University. His research agenda examines the processes and mechanisms leading to social inequality in labor markets and organizations. He...

PsychologyLabour economicsSociologySocial psychology
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1.5K
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48
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Guhan Subramanian

William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law

Harvard UniversityUSGovernment

Guhan Subramanian is the Joseph H. Flom Professor of Law and Business at Harvard Law School and the H. Douglas Weaver Professor of Business Law at Harvard Business School. He is the first individual in Harvard...

BusinessPolitical scienceLawEconomics
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1.8K
citations
120
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Sam Kunes

Professor

Harvard UniversityUSMolecular and Cellular Biology

Professor Samuel Kunes is affiliated with the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at Harvard University. He leads the Kunes Laboratory, where his research focuses on molecular and cellular mechanisms, as indicated...

BiologyNeuroscienceCell biologyGenetics
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2.5K
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31
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Alyssa A Goodman

Professor

Harvard UniversityUSAstronomy

Alyssa A Goodman is the Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied Astronomy and a Research Associate of the Smithsonian Institution at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. Her work spans astrophysics,...

MedicineInternal medicineOncologySurgery
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12.7K
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418
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Jason Beckfield

Professor of Sociology

Harvard UniversityUSSocial Studies and Policy

Jason Beckfield is the Robert G. Stone Jr. Professor of Sociology at Harvard University and the Associate Director of the Center for Population and Development Studies. He earned his PhD in Sociology in 2005 from...

Political scienceSociologyEconomicsMedicine
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6.6K
citations
136
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Erin Hecht

Associate Professor

Harvard UniversityUSHuman Evolutionary Biology

Dr. Erin Hecht is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. Her research focuses on understanding how brains change in response to selection pressure on behavior and...

PsychologyNeuroscienceBiologyCognitive science
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2.8K
citations
71
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Amitabh Chandra

Director, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy; Ethel Zimmerman Wiener Professor of Public Policy, HKS; Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration, HBS

Harvard UniversityUSPublic Policy
MedicineBusinessEconomicsActuarial science
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18.8K
citations
411
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