Job market placements
Our faculty make extensive efforts to place our Ph.D. students in positions befitting their skills and areas of expertise. Our students have been placed in top academic institutions both nationally and internationally, in top corporations, and in state and federal governmental agencies.
| 2024 | 1st Year Placement/Position |
|---|---|
| Demir, Mehmet | Nazarbayev University, Assistant Professor |
| Mandia, Jasdeep | MIT, Postdoctoral Scholar |
| Millington, Matt | Trinity College, Assistant Professor |
| Perry, Spencer | USC Dornsife College, Postdoctoral Scholar |
| 2023 | 1st Year Placement/Position |
|---|---|
| Gomez Trejos, Felipe | Tulane University, Assistant Professor |
| Qian, Long | University of Edinburgh, Early Career Researcher |
| Shi, Siyu | European University Institute, Postdoc, then Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Assistant Professor |
| Ugalde, Paola | Louisiana State University, Assistant Professor |
| Zhang, Kun | Queensland University, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) |
| 2022 | 1st Year Placement/Position |
|---|---|
| Dowling, Jakob | Amazon, Economist |
| Escobar, Marco | Western Alliance Bank, Economist |
| French, Jacob | NYU, Assistant Professor |
| Jeong, Minju | IMF, Economist |
| Mesias Moreno, Jorge | Keystone Strategy, Economist |
| Odriozola, Juan | Cooperación Andina de Fomento, Economist |
| Tobin, Zachary | Amazon, Economist |
| 2021 | 1st Year Placement/Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Bae, Juhee | University of Glasgow, UK, Lecturer (Assist. Prof.) | |
| Basu, Sayahnika | University of California San Diego, 2-3 year Postdoc | James Madison University, Assistant Professor |
| Esfahani, Mehrdad | Roanoke College, Assist. Prof. | Arizona State University, Clinical Assist. Professor |
| Garcia Couto, Santiago | Georgetown-Qatar, Assist. Prof. | |
| Kim, Yong | Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, Assoc. Research Fellow | |
| Mangini, Marco | Western Alliance, Economist | Bank of America, Quantitative Finance Analyst |
| Saha, Nirman | University of Surrey, UK, Lecturer (Assist. Prof.) |
| 2020 | 1st Year Placement/Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Altinok, Ahmet | Nazarbayev University, Assist. Prof. | |
| Gonzalez-Sanchez, Eric | Arizona State University, Clinical Asst. Prof. | Oklahoma State University, Assis. Professor of Professional Practice |
| MacDonald, Diana | Banco de Mexico, Research Department, Economist | |
| Mathes, Sophie | Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil, Assist. Prof. | |
| Sanguinetti, Tomas | Essent Guaranty, Economist | |
| Tamkoc, Nazim | World Bank, Economist |
| 2019 | 1st Year Placement/Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Eshaghnia, Sadegh | University of Chicago, 2-year Post Doc | |
| Fernandez, Luis | Resources for the Future, 2-year Postdoc | |
| Pang, Haiyan | Amazon, Economist | |
| Rivadeneira, Alex | Banco de Mexico, Research Department | |
| Rivera, Alberto | California State - Fullerton, Assistant Professor | Tulane University, Assistant Professor |
| Vindas, Alberto | Banco Central de Costa Rica, Research Department |
| 2018 | 1st Year Placement/Position |
|---|---|
| Agostinelli, Francesco | University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor |
| Dalkiran, Dilsat | SAP, Arizona, Senior Data Scientist |
| Raei, Sepideh | Utah State University, Huntsman School of Business, Assistant Professor |
| Saharkhiz, Morteza | IMPAQ International, LLC, Maryland, Research Associate |
| Sun, Minjuan | Future-Moves Group, Singapore, Research Associate |
| 2017 | 1st Year Placement/Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Hernández Chanto, Allan | The University of Queensland,Australia, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) | |
| Jahangiry, Pedram | BlackRock Financial, New York, Research Associate | Utah State University, Huntsman School of Business, Professional Practice Assistant Professor |
| Krukava, Nastassia | Indiana University, Indiana, Lecturer | |
| Tao, Ran | NEOMA Business School, France, Assistant Professor | |
| Vahedi, Sajad | IMPAQ International, LLC, Maryland, Research Associate | |
| Yue, Yang | Xiamen University, China, Assistant Professor |
| 2016 | 1st Year Placement/Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Blandin, Adam | Virginia Commonwealth University, Assistant Professor | Vanderbilt University, Assistant Professor |
| Xi, Xican (Sean) | Fudan University, China, Assistant Professor |
| 2015 | 1st Year Placement/Position |
|---|---|
| Lee, Tae Eui (Terry) | Korea Energy Economics Institute, Research Associate |
| Li, Zhan | University of Winnipeg, Canada, Assistant Professor |
| Sinha, Rishabh | World Bank, Economist |
| Ge, Zhizhuang (Andy) | China Security Regulatory Commission, Research Associate |
| 2014 | 1st Year Placement/Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Cho, Jaehan | Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, Research Fellow | |
| Choi, Kwang-shin | Financial Supervisory Service of Korea, Economist | |
| Hu, Lin | Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, Post Doc | Australian National University- Lecturer (Assistant Professor) |
| Wang, Mian | China Security Regulatory Commission | |
| Wu, Zhenhua | Nanjing University School of Business, Jiangsu, China |
| 2013 | 1st Year Placement/Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Donovan, Kevin | University of Notre Dame, Indiana, Assistant Professor | Yale School of Management, Assistant Professor |
| Herrington, Christopher | Virginia Commonwealth University, Assistant Professor | Virginia Commonwealth University, Associate Professor |
| Xiang, Jin | Northern Trust | Pacific Premier Bank, SVP, Director of Financial Risk Management |
| 2011 | 1st Year Placement/Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Schreck, Paul | Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis, Quantitative Analyst | Western Alliance Bank, VP, Risk Modeling Manager |
| Lawver, Daniel | University of California, Santa Barbara, Visiting Assistant Professor | US Department of Health and Human Services, Economist |
| Nowak, Adam | West Virginia University, Assistant Professor | Associate Professor |
| Shao, Ran | Yeshiva University, New York, Assistant Professor | Associate Professor |
| Wang, Na | Hofstra University, New York, Assistant Professor- Finance | Associate Professor- Finance |
| Kim, Seon-Tae | Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, Mexico, Assistant Professor- Finance | University of Liverpool, Management School, Lecturer in Economics (Assistant Professor) |
| Janicki, Hubert | U.S. Census Bureau, Economist |
| 2010 | 1st Year Placement/Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Alonso Ortiz, Jorge | Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico, Mexico, Assistant Professor | Associate Professor |
| Leal Ordonez, Julio | Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, Mexico | Banco de Mexico, Research Economist |
| Ouyang, Fangrui | American Express, Risk Management Manager | Wells Fargo, Quantitative Analytics Consultant |
| Rubini, Loris | Carlos III, Spain, Assistant Professor | University of New Hampshire, Associate Professor |
| Tarafdar, Suchismita | Indian Statistical Institute Delhi, India, Visiting Scientist | Assistant Professor |
| Wallenius, Johanna | Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, Assistant Professor | Professor |
| Wang, Zhe | University of International Business and Economics, China |
For the full placement list, click here.