Past Klarman Fellows

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

Alexandra Easley, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at North Carolina State University, was hosted by Brett Fors, associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology.

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  is a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics at Cornell. He 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 joined the faculty of Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations in July 2025. She 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 is a quantitative researcher and software developer at Gradient Zero. He was hosted by Csaba Csaki, professor of physics.

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.

Eraldo Souza dos Santos, an assistant professor of law and society at UC Irvine, was hosted by Alexander Livingston, associate professor of government.

Fatima-Ezzahrae Touilila  an assistant professor in the department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at NYU, was hosted by Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik, assistant professor of history.

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

Olga Verlato is an assistant professor of history at Texas Christian University. As a Klarman Fellow, she was hosted by Ziad Fahmy, professor of Near Eastern Studies and Deborah Starr, professor of Near Eastern Studies.

Romina Wainberg is an assistant professor of Latin American and Iberian cultures at the University of Southern California. She was hosted by Edmundo Paz-Soldan, professor of Romance studies.

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

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

Zhilei Zhao is a postdoctoral associate in the lab of his former Klarman faculty host Jesse Goldberg, professor of neurobiology and behavior.

Matthew Zipple is a postdoctoral associate in the lab of his former Klarman co-hosts, H. Kern Reeve, professor of neurobiology and behavior and Michael Sheehan, the Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences.