Congratulations to Alexander Gazmararian for  receiving the Early-Career Faculty Support award from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation!

The mission of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is to improve the welfare of all through the advancement of scientific knowledge. The Foundation makes grants primarily to support original research and education related to science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and economics. The Foundation believes that these fields—and the scholars and practitioners who work in them—are chief drivers of the nation's health and prosperity. The Foundation also believes that a reasoned, systematic understanding of the forces of nature and society, when applied inventively and wisely, can lead to a better world for all.

Alexander F. Gazmararian is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan in the Department of Political Science and, by courtesy, the School of Environment and Sustainability. He specializes in political economy and political behavior, with applications to the global problem of climate change. At Michigan, he leads the Climate Politics Lab and organizes the cross-campus Climate Policy Workshop. His latest book is Climate Fault Lines: The New Political Economy of a Warming World (2026).He earned his PhD from Princeton University in 2025.