About

Brendan leads the development of The Atlas data pipeline and API architecture. He works to create technical solutions for new Atlas features implementing research-driven concepts. He is also responsible for managing the cloud-based server and database infrastructure of The Atlas. He holds degrees in government studies and economics from Harvard University and UNC-Chapel Hill.

Ellie builds, maintains and optimizes the back-end architecture and infrastructure of The Atlas. She also contributes to the acquisition and analysis of various Atlas datasets. Ellie has a master's degree in computational analysis and public policy from the University of Chicago's Harris School.

Nil leads The Atlas design vision including the creation of new features, enhancements and the integration of new research. Before joining the Growth Lab, Nil worked as a research fellow at MIT's Department of Urban Studies and as a research associate at Harvard Graduate School of Design. She holds a master's degree from Cornell University and was a SPURS Fellow at MIT (2014-2015).

Robert is responsible for the front-end development of The Atlas. He architects and implements interactive interfaces and visualizations with an emphasis on cartography.

Tammy supports the front-end development and maintenance of The Atlas. Previously, she has collaborated with researchers in a variety of fields to communicate their work through interactive data visualization. Tammy holds a bachelor's and master's degree in information science from Cornell University.

Annie oversees the strategy and creation of The Atlas, from research to design, development, and launch. Prior to her work at the Growth Lab, Annie was a Director of Digital Product at Sustainalytics, an ESG research and consulting firm. She is interested in the application of software tools to positively impact economic development, equity, and the public interest.

Chuck is the Associate Director of Communications & Outreach at Harvard's Growth Lab. Chuck has more than 20 years experience in broadcast, digital and print communications and has worked for academic, media, corporate, and nonprofit organizations.

Muhammed is a physicist turned economist from Turkey. He worked on the theory behind The Atlas, determining optimal ways to calculate many of The Atlas variables. He co-developed The Atlas methodology, the data cleaning code and contributed in the preparation of The Atlas book.

Sebastian is a Research Fellow at the Center for International Development at Harvard University and a Doctoral candidate in Public Policy at Harvard University. His research interests are the development of the private sector and how governments can solve market failures to accelerate the process.

Shreyas applies a computational lens to questions in economics. His research interests center around understanding complex socio-economic systems, from labor markets and innovation ecosystems to international trade, using non-traditional data sources such as satellite imagery, textual data, and networks.

Tim is a Research Fellow at the Center for International Development at Harvard University. His research interests focus on the intersection of social policy and economic policy, including the use of growth diagnostics to unlock structural transformation processes.

Mali is a software engineer from Turkey. He worked on data updates for the original Atlas, while optimizing its performance and reliability. In the development of Atlas 2.0, Mali built the data ingestion pipeline, the back-end architecture and other infrastructure like the automated deployment setup.

Michele is an assistant professor from Italy. He teaches network analysis and data visualization at the IT University of Copenhagen. His research interests involve applying network science to economic development, human mobility, and understanding governments. He worked on the visualizations and the network analysis of the original Atlas book.

From 2022-2023, Steven led the front-end development of various Atlas initiatives including the rebuilding of the Atlas front-end architecture, user interface and data visualizations.

Quinn was a developer on the first version of the Atlas as well as on CID's sub-national Atlas projects for Columbia, Mexico, and Peru.

Ben was an intern on the first version of the Atlas. He was responsible for updating the user interface and creating static and interactive design assets for both the Atlas and CID.

Between 2017 - 2019 Huy designed the Atlas front-end architecture, implemented the user interface and visualizations and created a sophisticated build pipeline to bundle assets efficiently. He's passionate about making beautiful, engaging and high-performance web applications using the latest web technologies.

Kat led the design vision, developed interactive prototypes and supported launch activities in the development of Atlas 2.0. She also applied her design techniques and processes to support various CID research initiatives.

Greg led development of the first version of the Atlas and the launching of localized projects for Mexico, Colombia, and Peru.

Kyle was a front-end developer for the Atlas, responsible for implementing user interface features, data visualizations, and collaborating with research, design and data counterparts.

Romain is a Data Visualization Researcher from France. He worked on improving the user experience of The Atlas of Economic Complexity. Romain published several research papers to improve The Atlas ranking navigation using novel interaction techniques, and visualization using text-based search.

Gus is a visual journalist. He supported the design and development of The Atlas in 2015.