Current Students

Sabrina is a third-year Ph.D. student in the Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP) program focusing on emerging energy technologies and risk perception. Prior to Princeton, she worked as a research assistant to Dr. Robert Rosner and as a liaison to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Her previous research has included cost models of decarbonizing heavy duty commercial truck transit and the economics of nuclear energy in Europe. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Science, Technology, and International Affairs from Georgetown University and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago.

Togbedji comes to Princeton from the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN) where he worked as a Predoctoral Research Coordinator. Before joining UPenn, he served as a Research Assistant for two institutes: first, the Institute of Educational Science, and second, the Africa Institute for Research in Economic and Social Sciences, both in Morocco. He completed a master's degree in economic analysis and public policy at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco, with an exchange semester at the University of Paris-Dauphine, and earned his bachelor's degree in applied statistics in Benin. His primary focus lies in the areas of violence/conflict analysis, as well as migration and education in developing countries. Togbedji is also interested in the application of causal inference and impact evaluation methods to assess the effectiveness of public policies.

Zoë is a fifth- year Ph.D. student in the security studies program focused on quantitative methods, intrastate conflict, judicial politics, and the Sahel region. She received her Master of Science in politics research from the University of Oxford (Christ Church College) under Stathis Kalyvas and a bachelor’s degree in political science and physics from Yale University. She previously worked as a researcher on conflict in the Sahel for the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and as Programme Manager for the European Union Counter-Terrorism Monitoring, Reporting and Support Mechanism. Her hobbies include rock climbing and composing classical music.

Gargee holds a bachelor’s in economics from University of Delhi, and a master’s in economics from University of Warwick. Before Princeton, Gargee was Senior Research Manager and Technical Lead (Air Pollution) at the India office of the Energy Policy Institute of the University of Chicago, where she managed two high-level partnerships with the Government of Delhi, assessing the impact of existing regulations and market-based approaches on vehicular pollution governance and waste management for improved air quality outcomes in Delhi. Prior to that, Gargee worked as a Senior Associate at J-PAL South Asia, leading two large-scale evaluations across 350+ Industries in Gujarat, India, that enabled the launch of the World’s first particulate emissions market. After Princeton, Gargee aims to help develop research and policies driving long-term clean air action, focused on evaluating (pollution) exposure impacts on human health in developing countries, to ensure policies and regulations around air pollution governance factors in aspects of environmental equity and justice to reduce exposure to environmental health hazards, especially for the vulnerable and poor.

Noe is a Ph.D. candidate in the Security Studies program at Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs, advised by Prof. Gary Bass and Prof. Jacob Shapiro. Her dissertation research examines the determinants of humanitarian access in conflict zones, with a focus on the interaction between international actors and local groups. The project aims to contribute to civilian risk reduction and peace building. She is also more broadly interested in human rights, multilateralism, and consequences of foreign intervention.

Prior to her doctoral studies, she worked as the data analyst for the International Organization for Migration (UN Migration) in South Sudan, specializing in humanitarian surveys and population tracking. Her primary project at IOM was the urban component and statistical design of the inter-sectoral needs assessment (ISNA; formerly FSNMS+), a country-wide data collection exercise to inform the annual Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) and Response Plan (HRP).

She received an M.Phil. in Politics from Oxford University as a Kobe Scholar (2020) and a B.A. in History and in International Relations from Boston University (2018).