Dawn Chinagorom-Abiakalam

Dawn (she/her) is a first year PhD student in Sustainable Development at Columbia. She is interested in environmental and macro economics, particularly the intersection between climate risk, trade, and spatial dynamics in developing countries.

Dawn earned a BA in Economics and Mathematics from Clark University in 2024 with a concentration in computational science. Previously, she worked as a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis focused on topics in international trade and macro development. In her free time, Dawn enjoys reading, hiking, and photography.