Group Members
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Elizabeth Hoffecker
Research Scientist and Director
Elizabeth leads the Local Innovation group and serves as PI on the group’s portfolio of research projects …read more
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Romita Mitra
Research Scientist
Romita is managing a complexity-aware evaluation of agricultural innovation initiatives in Bihar …read more
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Francisco Ramos
Research Affiliate
Francisco is contributing to the analysis of innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems as part of the ASPIRE project…read more
Group Alumni
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Elias Damtew Assefa, Postdoctoral Associate (2022-2024)
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Eunhae Lee, Graduate Research Assistant (2022-2023)
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Ahalya Ramgopal, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2020-2023)
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Shantha Venugopal, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2021)
Alumni not pictured: Nah-yoon Shin, Asresh Guttikonda, Mehreen Jatoi, Jamil Dellawar, Josh Talbot, Brandon Benson, Jesse Press-Williams, Grace Connors