The representatives will serve for at least a one-year term.
He takes up the post of deputy assistant secretary for climate and energy economics in the Biden administration.
In a letter sent last month, graduate students said they were aware of accusations made against members of the university’s economics faculty.
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.
Recipients of the funding include The American University in Cairo, Wits University in South Africa, Universidad de los Andes and El Colegio de México.
He takes up the post in January next year.
The University of Essex professor passed away peacefully on Oct. 14.