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Mukul Ram Fishman
Mukul Ram Fishman grew up in Israel, and for a long time his academic interests were focused on the beauty of theoretical physics. But he always had strong feelings about the environment, and during years of travel in developing countries, mostly in Asia, and involvement in humanitarian activities, he became aware of the broader issues of poverty and development. The program in sustainable development seemed to offer the vehicle to apply quantitative skills in tune with these concerns.
Ram holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics from Tel-Aviv University, and a M.Sc. in Physics from the Weitzmann Institute of Science. He is currently working on groundwater depletion in India and on the theory of hyperbolic and heterogeneous time discounting.