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.

2022	1st Year Placement/Position
Dowling, Jakob	Amazon, Economist
Escobar, Marco	Western Alliance Bank
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
Esfahani, Mehrdad	Roanoke College, Assist. Prof.
Garcia Couto, Santiago	Georgetown-Qatar, Assist. Prof.
Kim, Yong	Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, Assoc. Research Fellow
Mangini, Marco	Quantitative Finance Analyst, Bank of America
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	Western Alliance Bank, Senior Risk Modeler	Amazon, Economist
Rivadeneira, Alex	Banco de Mexico, Research Department
Rivera, Alberto	California State - Fullerton, 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

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