April Xiaoyi Xu

April Xiaoyi Xu

April Xiaoyi Xu is a rising third-year J.D. student at Harvard Law School and a Research Assistant at the HLS Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (HLS PILAC).

Elad Uzan

Elad Uzan

Elad Uzan, a Ph.D. candidate at the Zvi Meitar Center for Advanced Legal Studies at Tel Aviv University, is a Fellow at the Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (HLS PILAC).

Aizhan Tilenbaeva

Aizhan Tilenbaeva

As a Research Assistant at HLS PILAC, Aizhan Tilenbaeva conducts research concerning protection of the environment in relation to matters of international peace and security.

Shayna Toh

Shayna Toh

As a Research Assistant at HLS PILAC, Shayna Toh conducts research concerning certain legal aspects pertaining to military measures in outer space, artificial intelligence, and cyber operations.

George Tyler

George Tyler

George Tyler is a LL.M. student at Harvard Law School and has been a Research Assistant for the HLS Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (PILAC) since December 2025. George is currently contributing to research exploring how armed conflict affects the environment. 

Natassia Velez

Natassia Velez

Natassia Velez is a second-year J.D. student at Harvard Law School and a Research Assistant for the HLS Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (HLS PILAC).

Jitka Vrtelova

Jitka Vrtelova

Jitka Vrtelova is an LL.M. candidate at Harvard Law School and a Research Assistant at PILAC supporting the Counterterrorism and Humanitarian Engagement Project.

Juan Felipe Wills

Juan Felipe Wills

Juan Felipe Wills is a Colombian LL.M. candidate at Harvard Law School. As a Research Assistant at HLS PILAC, he contributes to a research initiative on “War Lawyering.”

Cindy Wu

Cindy Wu

Cindy Wu is a second-year J.D. student at Harvard Law School and a Research Assistant at the HLS Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (HLS PILAC).

William Yuen Yee

William Yuen Yee

William Yuen Yee is a second-year J.D. student at Harvard Law School and has been a Research Assistant for the HLS Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (HLS PILAC) since September 2025.

Elisa Zavala

Elisa Zavala

María Elisa Zavala Achurra is a graduate of Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2020) and a Research Assistant with the HLS Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (HLS PILAC) for Summer 2020.

Sabrina Zhang

Sabrina Zhang

Sabrina Zhang is a second-year J.D. student at Harvard Law School and has been a Research Assistant for the Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (PILAC) since September 2023.

Omid Yeganeh

Omid Yeganeh

Omid Yeganeh is an LL.M candidate at Harvard Law School. His research with the Program on International Law and Armed Conflict concerns the interface between the law governing the resort to war (jus ad bellum) and the law governing conduct in war (jus in bello).