Naseeb Andar

Naseebullah Andar, from Kabul, Afghanistan, will pursue a master’s degree in computational and mathematical engineering at Stanford University after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with majors in mathematics, economics, and biochemistry, and a minor in statistics and data science. At Penn, he has conducted research with Francis X. Diebold and Jere R. Behrman on forecast ensembles, and with Rahul Kohli and Kiran Musunuru on diversifying base editors and precision prime editors. He has also engaged in leadership and policy through Perry World House, FMO (the Dutch Development Bank), the Atlantic Council, the International Student Advisory Board, and TEDxPenn, and served as a teaching assistant in the mathematics department. Naseeb is a Dean’s Scholar, Lawrence R. Klein Prize recipient, Phi Beta Kappa junior inductee, Simon Kuznets Fellow, Kleinman Fellow, Penn World Scholar, and University Scholar. He hopes to pursue questions linking mathematics, economics, and biochemistry, while contributing to broader policy discussions shaped by developments in those fields.