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Roberto Guerrero Compeán
Master in City Planning candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Economics, Autonomous University of Nuevo León
Project: Regional Energy-Intensity Disparities in Brazil and China (Link)
Roberto’s research interest ranges from political economy to spatial econometrics and specializes in regional economics and topics related to income inequality, with a focus on the developing world. Before coming to MIT, Roberto worked as a research associate at the Bank of Mexico, wrote for the Mexican media, and enjoyed his short experience as a professor and researcher at the University of Nuevo León’s Department of Economics.
At MIT, Roberto is conducting an analysis of the relationship of energy efficiency, sectoral shift and energy-price changes in Brazil. He is also analyzing the ethanol sector in depth and its technology differences at the regional level after the creation of Brazil’s National Alcohol Program. He participated in the design of the United Nations Economic and Social Council’s Statistical Commission Resolution and joined the Expert Meeting on Development Implications of International Investment Rule-Making in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in Geneva, Switzerland.
He speaks six languages and enjoys musical composition and New England’s artistic scene. Roberto’s forthcoming book, Social Development and Inequality in Mexico, will be published in February by the UANL Press.
Sonya Huang
PhD candidate
Project: Energy Security Issues of US Food Distribution
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Ayman Ismail Email: aymanism@mit.edu |
Projects: Ayman Ismail is a PhD candidate in the International Development Group at MIT. Ayman's PhD research focuses on the developmental impact of access-to-finance on firms in emerging economies, and on the role of alternative forms of finance such as private equity and venture capital in emerging economies. His current research focuses on Egypt and the Middle East. Over the past three years, Ayman was a research assistant in two projects in regional planning and economic development. The first project, sources of growth in Appalachia, focused on understanding the factors affecting economic growth and assessing different growth strategies in rural and distressed areas in Appalachia; working with Prof. Polenske and Prof. Ferreira. The second project focused on developing calibrating a multiregional input-output system for the US to study the environmental, energy and security impact of food trade. Prior to that, Ayman was a senior consultant in McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm, based in New York for 5 years. He also consulted for international organizations such as the World Bank and UNCTAD. Ayman holds a bachelor degree in engineering and an MBA from the American University in Cairo, and a master in city planning and geographic information systems from MIT. He is also a co-founder and board member of Nahdet El-Mahrousa, a leading Egyptian non-profit organization which has pioneered the model of a development incubator for social entrepreneurs. Photograph courtesy Ayman Ismail. |
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Xin Li
PhD candidate
Project: Land Recycling in China
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Xin Zhang
MCP candidate
Project: Regional Energy-Intensity Disparities in Brazil and China
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