Past Klarman Fellows

Toni Alimi is now an assistant professor in the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell. His Klarman faculty host was Charles Brittain, the Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy.

Eraldo Souza dos Santos (PhD, philosophy, Panthéon-Sorbonne), now an assistant professor of law and society at UC Irvine, was hosted by Alexander Livingston, associate professor of government (A&S).

Alexandra Easley (PhD Texas A&M University), now an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at NC State University, was hosted by Brett Fors, associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology.

Fatima-Ezzahrae Touilila (PhD, Middle Eastern, South Asian and African studies, Columbia University), now an assistant professor at NYU, was hosted by Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik, assistant professor of history (A&S).

Chiara Galli, now an assistant professor of comparative human development at the University of Chicago, worked with Filiz Garip, a former professor of sociology.

Christian Gaetz is an assistant professor in Mathematics at UC Berkeley. At Cornell, he worked with faculty host Karola Mészáros, associate professor of mathematics.

Richard Kong is now a Chancellor's Fellow in the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. His Klarman faculty host was Kyle Lancaster, associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology.

Nancy Lin joined the Cornell faculty in 2024 as an assistant professor of history of art. As a Klarman Fellow she was hosted by Iftikhar Dadi, the John H. Burris Professor in the department of History of Art and Visual Studies. 

Paul Malinowski (PhD University of Washington) was hosted by Kyle Shen, the James A. Weeks professor of Physical Sciences.

Alejandro Martinez-Marquina, now an assistant professor at the University of Southern California Marshall School, worked with Ted O’Donoghue, the Zubrow Professor of Economics.

Anil Menon, now an assistant professor in Political Science at UC Merced, worked with faculty host Thomas Pepinsky, the Walter F. LaFeber Professor of government.

Justine Modica (PhD Stanford University) was hosted by Julilly Kohler-Hausmann, associate professor of history.

Richard Nally is now a Pappalardo Fellow at MIT. At Cornell, Nally developed connections between physics and mathematics, working with Liam McAllister, professor of physics.

Charles Petersen, now the Harold Hohbach Historian at Stanford University’s Silicon Valley Archives, worked with Aaron Sachs, professor of history.

Michael Poll, a conductor and guitarist who holds a doctorate in music from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, was hosted by Elizabeth Ogonek, former assistant professor of music.

Francesco Sgarlata, Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics from the International School of Advanced Studies in Trieste, Italy, was hosted by Csaba Csaki, professor of physics. He is now a quantitative researcher and software developer at Gradient Zero.

Anna Shechtman joined the Cornell faculty in 2024 as an assistant professor of literatures in English. As a Klarman fellow, Shechtman worked  with Jeremy Braddock, associate professor of English.

Amalia Skilton, now a Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, was hosted by Sarah Murray, associate professor of linguistics.

Vijay Varma, now an assistant professor of math at UMass Dartmouth, was hosted by Saul Teukolsky, now the Hans A. Bethe Professor of Physics emeritus.

Romina Wainberg (PhD Stanford University), now an assistant professor of Latin American and Iberian cultures at USC, was hosted by Edmundo Paz-Soldan, professor of Romance studies (A&S).

James Walsh, an assistant professor of philosophy at NYU, was hosted by Arc Kocurek, assistant professor of philosophy.

Baobao Zhang, is an assistant professor of political science at Syracuse University. Her faculty host was Sarah Kreps, professor of government.

Zhilei Zhao (PhD Princeton University) explores how impaired social learning, which underlies mental diagnoses such as autism and social anxiety, is implemented in the brain by studying domesticated parrots. His faculty host is Jesse Goldberg, associate professor of neurobiology and behavior.

Matthew Zipple (PhD Duke University.) was hosted by H. Kern Reeve, professor of neurobiology and behavior, and Michael Sheehan, the Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences.