The Brazilian central banker assumes office on Dec. 19.
He will join the institution on Jan. 1 next year.
The Northwestern economics professor is tasked with driving greater use of behavioral science and experimental design across the agency’s programs.
He takes up the post of deputy assistant secretary for climate and energy economics in the Biden administration.
He moves to MSU from the Unviersity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Applied microeconomist Abi Adams-Prassi is also named professor of economics at Nuffield College.
The economist joins the university from Amazon Web Services where he was director of economics.
Achyuta Adhvaryu starts work as director of the center on Jan. 1 next year.
He takes up the post in January next year.
S Anukriti and Sandra Rozo are now senior economists within the institution’s development research group.