Alexander Kochenburger is a researcher and education in emergencies professional focusing on the impact of armed conflict on education. He currently serves as the Coordinator at the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA), where he supports the Coalition’s programmatic work through assisting advocacy and research efforts as well as managing its communications and finances. He previously worked at the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy and at AMIDEAST in Washington, DC. He is an alumnus of the Fulbright program in Morocco and holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University.