Founder and Faculty Director
![Nicholas Sambanis](https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upenn.edu/dist/f/553/files/2018/12/Sambanis-photo-1-2mc8d54.jpg)
Nicholas Sambanis
University of Pennsylvania
Faculty Affiliates
![Nils Bormann](https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upenn.edu/dist/f/553/files/2018/12/Bormann_Nils_Christian-1l1gmox.png)
Nils Bormann
Witten/Herdecke University
![Brendan O'Leary](https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upenn.edu/dist/f/553/files/2018/12/OLeary-1tfoqs5.png)
Brendan O'Leary
University of Pennsylvania
![Daniel Hopkins](https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upenn.edu/dist/f/553/files/2018/12/hopkins_daniel-25bw141.jpg)
Daniel Hopkins
University of Pennsylvania
![Dorothy Kronick](https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upenn.edu/dist/f/553/files/2018/12/Kronick-21jhrkg.jpg)
Dorothy Kronick
University of Pennsylvania
![Danny Choi](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pic-lab/files/2018/12/Choi-2jrq38q.jpg)
Danny Choi
University of Pittsburgh
![Mathias Poertner](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pic-lab/files/2018/12/Poertner-1n53p12.png)
Mathias Poertner
Texas A&M University
![Yue Hou](https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upenn.edu/dist/f/553/files/2018/12/hou-2lsdntf.jpeg)
Yue Hou
University of Pennsylvania
![Eugen Dimant](https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upenn.edu/dist/f/553/files/2018/12/dimant-2niin87.jpg)
Eugen Dimant
University of Pennsylvania
![George Kassinis](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pic-lab/files/2023/01/GK-photo-UPenn-Lab-e1674606199114.jpg)
George Kassinis
University of Cyprus
Current Postdoctoral Fellows and Affiliates
![Sule Yaylaci](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pic-lab/files/2021/02/Sule-photo.jpg)
Sule Yaylaci
University of Pennsylvania
Violent conflict, refugee resettlement
![Matthew Simonson](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pic-lab/files/2021/06/Standard-professional-photo-e1624308959490.png)
Matthew Simonson
Northeastern University
Networks, intergroup contact, civil war, genocide, protest
![Amber Hye-Yon Lee](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pic-lab/files/2021/06/ahlee-hr-1-e1623268468533.jpeg)
Amber Hye-Yon Lee
Ryerson University
Political communication, partisan polarization, social identity
![Anna Zhang](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pic-lab/files/2021/06/Anna_Zhang_profile_photo.jpg)
Anna Zhang
Stanford University
Internal migration, insurgency, state-building, China
Graduate Students
![Jason Hartwig](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pic-lab/files/2021/02/Hartwig-HS.jpg)
Jason Hartwig
University of Pennsylvania
![Catalina (Mica) Udani](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pic-lab/files/2019/09/PIC-Lab-Photo.jpg)
Catalina (Mica) Udani
University of Pennsylvania
![Lukas Reinhardt](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pic-lab/files/2022/01/WISO_08.04.217648_-Reinhardt-e1642520996136.jpg)
Lukas Reinhardt
University of Cologne
Past Pre-doctoral/Post-doctoral Fellows
(w/ current affiliation)
![Guadalupe Tuñón](https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upenn.edu/dist/f/553/files/2018/12/tunon-1vk4agj.png)
Guadalupe Tuñón
Princeton University
![Danny Choi](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pic-lab/files/2018/12/Choi-2jrq38q.jpg)
Danny Choi
University of Pittsburgh
![Mark Toukan](https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upenn.edu/dist/f/553/files/2018/12/markheadshotBW-768x962-1wwrmsu.jpg)
Mark Toukan
RAND Corporation
![Mathias Poertner](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pic-lab/files/2018/12/Poertner-1n53p12.png)
Mathias Poertner
Texas A&M University
![Micha Germann](https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upenn.edu/dist/f/553/files/2018/12/Germann-q1znau.jpeg)
Micha Germann
University of Bath
![Anna Schultz](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pic-lab/files/2018/12/schultz-1i3t7c5.png)
Anna Schultz
Washington U. St Louis