Team
The people building this.
A small, selected team of graduate students working at the intersection of the human condition and emerging technology. Alongside them, faculty advisors, industry partners, and collaborators mentor, guide, and build the work together.
Summer 2026
The Cohort
Our graduate student researchers are conducting applied AI research — building with open-source tools, generating synthetic data, integrating LLMs, and making sense of fragmented data.
Carolina de Almeida Pernambuco Moron
Summer 2026
Carolina is a graduate student at NYU Center for Global Affairs with a concentration in Global Economy and specialization in Data Analysis and the…
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Christine Lumen
Summer 2026
Christine Lumen studies the gap between how AI systems are governed on paper and how accountability actually functions in practice. Her work combines…
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Alana Robertson
Summer 2026
Alana is currently completing her Master's at NYU Center for Global Affairs in Human Rights and International Law. She earned her undergraduate…
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Melanie MacKew
Summer 2026
Melanie is currently working to complete her M.S. in Global Affairs at NYU. Melanie earned her B.A. in Global and International Studies from Western…
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Carlos D. Ruiz
Summer 2026
Carlos D. Ruiz is a Venezuelan-born U.S. Air Force veteran who holds a Master of Science in Global Affairs with a concentration in Global Economy…
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India Clarke
Summer 2026
India is a graduate student NYU Center for Global Affairs with a concentration in Global Economy and specialization in Data Analysis. She holds a…
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Yago Rocha
Summer 2026
Yago is a graduate student at NYU's Center for Global Affairs, concentrating in International Development and Humanitarian Assistance. His…
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Alumni
Each cohort seeds on what the previous cohort worked on.
Fall 2025
7 researchers
Spring 2025
8 researchers
Smita Samanta
Smita Samanta is an MS in Global Affairs '25 (Global Economy) from New Delhi, India. In the Spring 2025 cohort she worked on Online Grooming…
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Elizabeth Matthews
Elizabeth Matthews is an MS in Global Affairs '25 (International Relations) from Omaha, Nebraska. In the Spring 2025 cohort she led the AI's Carbon…
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Renata Gladkikh
Renata Gladkikh is an MS in Global Affairs '25 (Global Economy) from Dubai, UAE. In the Spring 2025 cohort she led the AI's Carbon Footprint paper…
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Jennifer Hofmann
Jennifer Hofmann is an MS in Global Affairs '26 (Global Economy) from Marburg, Germany. In the Spring 2025 cohort she led the Online Grooming…
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Emily Harrington
Emily Harrington is an MS in Global Security, Conflict, and Cybercrime '25 from Rockville, MD. In the Spring 2025 cohort she contributed to Online…
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Natasha Nagarajan
Natasha Nagarajan is an MS in Global Security, Conflict, and Cybercrime '25 from Atlanta, Georgia. In the Spring 2025 cohort she contributed to…
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Hannah Zhao
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Alex Du
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Advisors
Teresa Cantero
PhD Candidate, UC3M · Adjunct Professor, IE University
Teresa Cantero is a PhD Candidate at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, where her doctoral research is based at the Human Rights Institute “Gregorio…
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Sylvia G. Maier
Clinical Professor, NYU SPS Center for Global Affairs
Dr. Sylvia G. Maier is a Clinical Professor at NYU's Center for Global Affairs (SPS), where she serves as Academic Director of the MS in Global…
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Other Members
Susan deMenil
Susan de Menil is currently the founding co-president of the Art, Antiquities, and Blockchain Consortium (AABC), a nonprofit 501(c)3 that uses…
View profile →AABC Co-Founder · Cultural Heritage Thought Leader