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Saifedean Ammous
Saifedean Ammous is a sixth-year candidate for a PhD in the Sustainable Development program. His research interests include political and economic development, international development assistance, economic growth, Middle East politics, and alternative energy. He is currently working on his doctoral dissertation which is a multi-disciplinary study of the new biofuels program in Senegal. Saifedean is focusing on the Senegal program’s prospects, political and economic dimensions, and how it relates to the global drive towards using biofuels.
Saifedean was born and raised in occupied Palestine and graduated from Ramallah Friends School in 1998. In 2003, he completed his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon; he obtained a Master’s degree in Development Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2004.