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Alex Domash works with Professor Larry Summers on US macroeconomic and labor market research. Before joining M-RCBG, he spent five years working at the intersection of research and policy, focusing on development, labor markets, social protection, and trade & investment. He has worked with the World Bank in Uganda, where he collaborated with the Ministry of Education to improve the incentives and performance of public sector workers. He has also been a consultant for the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Ethiopia, where he helped shape Ethiopia’s export promotion strategy, and for the Ministry of Labor and Social Development in Saudi Arabia, where he advised on strategies to increase youth and female participation in the labor market. He is also serves as an Advancing Evidence in Policy Fellow at the Center for Global Development, where his work focuses on improving the use of evidence in U.S. foreign aid and development policy. He holds a Masters in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) from the Harvard Kennedy School. E-mail: alex_domash@hks.harvard.edu

Luca Giani (MPP 2022) is a M-RCBG Fellow researching the interconnection of business and government in the biotech space, with a particular focus on early-stage R&D and applications of novel technologies to the field.  Luca is the co-founder and CEO of Ilios Therapeutics, a platform chemistry startup developing first-in-class small molecules simultaneously modulating three key drivers of neurodegenerative diseases. Driven by personal and family experiences, Luca is dedicated to advancing brain-related disease research.

Luca previously served as a TAPP Fellow at the Harvard Belfer Center, researching under Dr. Bob Langer's mentorship on how to improve neurodegenerative disease research towards impact. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Luca studied Translational Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School, holds an MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School and a BS from Georgetown University.

Research Associate

Joshua Horton is the senior program fellow for solar geoengineering at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School. Horton conducts research on geoengineering policy and governance issues, including the regulation of research, liability and compensation, and geopolitics. He previously worked as a clean energy consultant for a global energy consulting firm. His recent publications include “Solar Geoengineering Research on the U.S. Policy Agenda: When Might Its Time Come?,” coauthored with Tyler Felgenhauer and David Keith; “Parametric Insurance for Solar Geoengineering: Insights from the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative,” coauthored with Penehuro Lefale and David Keith; and “Steering and Influence in Transnational Climate Governance: Nonstate Engagement in Solar Geoengineering Research,” coauthored with Barbara Koremenos. Horton holds a PhD in political science from Johns Hopkins University and was a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center. Email: horton@seas.harvard.edu

Christopher Ong is a predoctoral fellow working with Professor Lawrence Summers. His research explores the intersections of globalization, technological innovation, and economic policy. Previously, he contributed to the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences within the Teamcore group, where he focused on developing AI applications for social impact. He also worked as a software engineering intern at Microsoft. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Harvard University. Email: christopherong@hks.harvard.edu

Richard Yarrow is a fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center. He was recently a fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and previously the Harvard University Archives, where he ran a university-wide faculty oral history program. His research focuses on science, economics, and political thought in modern China and Germany. Yarrow has also worked or studied at think tanks across the political spectrum including the Center for American Progress, Urban Institute, and American Enterprise Institute. He studied intellectual history and philosophy at Harvard University, where he received the Sophia Freund Prize. His faculty sponsor is Lawrence Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor. Email: ryarrow@fas.harvard.edu