Nicolás Fuertes-Segura is a Ph.D. Student in Economics at UC Santa Barbara. He holds a Master in Economics and a B.A. in Economics from Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. His professional experience includes working on topics on labor markets and economics of education at the Social Sector at the Inter-American Development Bank. His primary research interests are health economics, the economics of education, and development economics. His current research focuses on the adoption of risky health behaviors (smoking and drinking), the development of socioemotional skills, and peer effects. He is also interested in studying the medium and long-term consequences of childhood experiences, and the intergenerational effects of parents' experiences.

I am a PhD student in the Integrated Anthropological Sciences part of the Anthropology department at UCSB. My research interests broadly encompass human behavioral ecology, life-history theory, and evolutionary medicine. My current research focuses on understanding the causes and consequences of late-life cognitive decline in a non-industrialized setting (Tsimane of Bolivia) with an evolutionary perspective. I earned two master’s degrees at the University of Toulouse : « Modelling of Ecological Systems », and « Ecology and Evolution », where I developed a strong interest in applying evolutionary concepts to human health studies.

I am a PhD student in the Department of Economics at UC Santa Barbara. I graduated from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) with a BS in Chemistry and from Seoul National University (SNU) with an MA in Economics. My research interests include labor economics and public economics in   relation to education and demography. Currently, I am working on a project that investigates the effects of robot penetration on education in the US.

I am a PhD student in the Integrated Anthropological Sciences part of the Anthropology department at UCSB. I have broad interests in evolutionary medicine, life-history theory, pathogen-host interactions, and population genetics. My current work is focused on looking at telomere dynamics through a life-history framework to better understand how continuous or chronic infection can affect aging of the immune system, and how this “immune aging” can contribute to future susceptibility to infection and overall health status. I earned my B.A in Biological Anthropology with a minor in Psychology from Boston University, where I first became interested in the complex interactions between our biology, our adaptations, and the environment. 

I am a PhD student in Economics. Prior to UCSB, I studied at the University of Delhi and the University of Texas at Austin. I've also previously worked on field research in India and Kenya on a wide range of topics in education, child health & nutrition, voter preferences, and cash transfer programs. My primary research interests are labor and development economics. I am especially interested in issues related to gender and education. I'm currently working on research projects on the effect of labor market opportunities for women on fertility and the effect of public school access on student learning in India.

Esaú is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Geography at UC Santa Barbara and part of the Population Health in Geography (PHiG) research group. Esaú's broad research interests include immigration, health outcomes, policy, and spatial data and analysis. He received a B.A. in Political Science from CSU Bakersfield in 2018, and a Master in Public Policy from UC Riverside in 2020. During his time at UC Riverside, Esaú’s research focused on developing a survey to measure the effects that pro-immigrant and restrictive policies have on the integration experiences and health outcomes of Latinx immigrants living in California.