Post-Doc Alumni

STEP postdocs pursue varied careers in the academic, government, nongovernmental and private sectors. Below is a list of all STEP postdocs to date. 

Ali Ahmad

(2013-2015 /SGS) Assistant Professor, The American University of Beruit, Lebanon

Jane Baldwin
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Joint PEI & C-PREE 2018-19

Jane is currently a postdoctoral research associate, jointly funded by C-PREE and the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI). She is working with Prof. Michael Oppenheimer to expand her PEI-STEP Fellowship-supported doctoral research on…

Bethany Bradley

(STEP 2006-2009) Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Conservation, UMass- Amherst, MA

Caterina Brandmayr
Associate Research Scholar

Caterina’s research focuses on policy priorities to decarbonize the production of industrial materials such as steel, cement and chemicals. She is particularly interested in the opportunity to promote investment in lower emission alternatives through mobilizing buyers in downstream markets. In this context, she is currently examining the role…

Keynyn Brysse

(STEP 2008-2011) Private consulting and technical scientific manuscript editing

Mark Budolfson

(STEP/UCHV  2014 – 2016) Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Oleg Bukharin

(PS&GS 1995-2004) U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC

Zuzana Burivalova
Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2017-2019

I am a tropical forest ecologist and conservation scientist, working as a STEP research fellow. I look for ways to protect biodiversity 1) in tropical forests used by humans, for example for logging, 2) in forests set aside for conservation, from national parks to small community protected areas, and 3) outside of forests, in cases where…

Ruohong Cai

(STEP 2011-2014) Economist, Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY

Willandia Chaves
Postdoctoral Research Associate (2018-2020)

I am a conservation biologist working at the interface of wildlife ecology and the human dimensions of wildlife conservation, using tools and methods from different fields, including Conservation Psychology, Economics and Environmental Education, among others. In the short and mid-term, I want to focus my work on understanding how people make…