The Ph.D. program in financial economics has an outstanding and impressive track record in terms of quality of placements and research. Below are a list our graduates, and placements.
Financial Economics Graduates
| Dhruv Aggarwal (2023) Northwestern Law Committee: Barberis (chair), Ma, Tookes, Romano |
Leandro de Miranda Gomes (2023) Balyasby Asset Management Committee: Barberis, Giglio (chair), Kelly, Simsek |
| Canyao Liu (2022) Hudson River Trading Committee: Barberis (chair), Choi, Giglio, Shue |
Kevin Zhao (2021) Office of Financial Research Committee: Barberis (chair), Choi, Goetzmann, Shue) |
| Natee Amornsiripanitch (2021) Federal Reserve Bank Committee: Gorton (chair), Goldsmith-Pinkham, Metrick, LaPoint |
Thomas Bonczek (2021) Master Works Committee: Giglio, Gorton (chair), Metrick, Spiegel |
| Steven Fortney (2021) Uber Committee: Clayton, Giglio (chair), Gorton, Tookes |
Chase P. Ross (2021) Federal Reserve Board Committee: Giglio, Gorton (chair), Metrick, Moskowitz |
| Sharon Y. Ross (2021) Office of Financial Research Committee: Gorton (chair), Kelly, Metrick, Moskowitz |
Avner Langut (2020) Cornerstone Research Committee: Barberis (chair), Giglio, Goetzmann, Metrick |
| Chen Wang (2020) University of Notre Dame Committee: Barberis (chair), Giglio, Moskowitz, Giglio |
Yifan Zhu (2020) Security and Exchange Commission Committee: Barberis (chair), Choi, Ingersoll, Shue |
| Toomas Laarits (2019) Initial Placement at New York University-Stern Committee: Giglio, Gorton (chair), Metrick, Moreira |
Ben Matthies (2019) Initial Placement at University of Notre Dame Committee: Barberis (chair), Choi, Rouwenhorst, Spiegel |
| Arun Gupta (2019) Initial Placement at Federal Reserve Board, New York City Committee: English, Gorton (chair), Metrick, Tookes |
Cameron Peng (2018) Initial Placement at London School of Economics Committee: Barberis (chair), Choi, Goetzmann, Shue |
| Kyriakos Chousakos (2018) Initial Placement at Bank of America, Merrill Lynch Committee: Gorton (co-chair), Ingersoll, Metrick, Moskowitz (co-chair), Ordonez |
Jun Wu (2018) Initial Placement at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Committee: Barberis (Chair), Ingersoll, Niessner, Spiegel |
| Garence Staraci (2018) Initial Placement at AQR Capital Management Committee: Barberis (chair), Ingersoll, Murfin, Niessner |
Andrew Sinclair (2017) Initial Placement at University of Hong Kong Committee: Chen (chair), Goetzmann, Metrick, Spiegel |
| Steven Malliaris (2016) Initial Placement at University of Georgia Committee: Choi, Ingersoll, Niessner, Yan (chair) |
Sean Hundtofte (2016) Initial Placement at Federal Reserve Bank, New York City Committee: Barberis (chair), Choi, Gorton, Metrick |
| Wenxi Jiang (2015) Initial Placement at Chinese University of Hong Kong Committee: Barberis (chair), Goetzmann, Ingersoll, Yan |
Sriya Anbil (2015) Initial Placement at Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C. Committee: Gorton, Metrick, Murfin, Tookes (chair), |
| Peter Kelly (2015) Initial Placement at University of Notre Dame Committee: Ayres, Barberis (chair), Metrick, Murfin |
Lawrence (Jiaqi) Jin (2015) Initial Placement at California Institute of Technology Committee: Barberis, Ingersoll (chair), Chen, Goetzmann |
| Simon Huang (2015) Initial Placement at Southern Methodist University Committee: Barberis, Goetzmann (chair), Metrick, Thomas |
Stephen Karolyi (2014) Initial Placement at Carnegie Mellon University Committee: Gorton (chair), Metrick, Murfin, Spiegel |
| Cecil Wang (2014) Initial Placement at Citigroup Committee: Chen, Goetzmann (chair), Spiegel, Tookes |
Lei Xie (2013) Initial Placement at AQR Capital Management Committee: Barberis, Gorton, (chair), Metrick, Murfin |
| Stefan Lewellen (2013) Initial Placement at London Business School Committee: Barberis, Gorton, Metrick (chair), Tookes |
Jinfan Zhang (2013) Initial Placement at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Committee: Chen, Gorton (chair), Moreira, Yan |
| Jacqueline Yen (2013) Initial Placement at Federal Reserve Bank, New York City Committee: Goetzmann, Gorton, Metrick (chair), Shiller |
Philip Ostromogolsky (2012) Initial Placement at Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Committee: Gorton, Murfin, Spiegel (chair), Tookes |
| Dasol Kim (2011) Initial Placement at Case Western Reserve University |
Roy Zuckerman (2010) Initial Placement at Rutgers University |
| Bjorn Johnson (2010) Initial Placement at DePaul University |
Dong Lou (2009) Initial Placement at London School of Economics |
| Darwin Choi (2009) Initial Placement at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Ankur Pareek (2009) Initial Placement at Rutgers University |
| Denis Sosyura (2008) Initial Placement at University of Michigan |
Vicente Pons-Sanz (2008) Initial Placement at Citigroup, London |
| Steven Jordan (2006) Initial Placement at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
Ming Fang (2006) Initial Placement at Asset Management Corp. |
| Yijie Zhang (2006) Initial Placement at Arrowstreet Capital |
Deniz Yavuz (2006) Initial Placement at Arizona State University |
| Xiaotong Wang (2006) Initial Placement at Penn State University |
Johan Walden (2005) Initial Placement at University of California-Berkeley |
| Jin Liu (2004) Initial Placement at Lehman Brothers |
Gerard Hoberg (2004) Initial Placement at University of Maryland |
| Hong Zhang (2004) Initial Placement at INSEAD-Singapore |
Yuewu Xu (2004) Initial Placement at TIAA-CREF |
| Masahiro Watanabe (2003) Initial Placement at Rice University |
Andrey Ukhov (2003) Initial Placement at University of Indiana-Bloomington |
| Ning Zhu (2003) Initial Placement at University of California-Davis |
Zoran Ivkovich (2001) Initial Placement at University of Illinois |
| Evan Gatev (2001) Initial Placement at Boston College |
Subhankar Nayak (2001) Initial Placement at Georgia Tech |
| Cheekiat Low (2000) Initial Placement at National University of Singapore |
Lu Zheng (1999) Initial Placement at University of Michigan |
| Charles (Xongxin) Wang (1999) Initial Placement at Aetus Investment Management |
Boleslav Gulko (1998) Initial Placement at General Reinsurance Corp. |
| Yan Fan (1998) Initial Placement at Goldman Sachs |
Massimo Massa (1998) Initial Placement at INSEAD |
| Haitao Li (1998) Initial Placement at Cornell University |
Maria Ignatiadou (1998) Initial Placement at Credit Suisse First Boston |
| Mingsung Tang (1996) Initial Placement at Fordham University |
Jingxi Liu (1996) Initial Placement at Capital Market Risk Advisors |
| David Quinn (1995) | Kyle Kashima (1993) Initial Placement at Cornerstone Research |
| Torben Andersen (1992) Initial Placement at Northwestern University |
Hans-Jurgen Knoch (1991) Initial Placement at J.P. Morgan Stanley |
| Zhiwu Chen (1990) Initial Placement at University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Jonathan Berk (1990) Initial Placement at University of British Columbia |
| William Goetzmann (1990) Initial Placement at Columbia University |
Steven Feinstein (1989) Initial Placement at Boston University |
| Jaime Zender (1988) Initial Placement at University of Utah |
Buhmsoo Choi (1988) Initial Placement at Korea Development Institute, South Korea |
| Anant Sundaram (1987) Initial Placement at Dartmouth College |
Yashushi Hamao (1987) Initial Placement at University of California, San Diego |
| Jonathan Tiemann (1986) Initial Placement at Harvard University |
Law/Financial Economics Joint Degree Graduates
Quinn Curtis (2011)
Initial Placement at University of Virginia
Ofer Eldar (2016)
Duke University
Adriana Robertson (2017)
University of Toronto
Rahul Goravara (2021)
Cornerstone Research
Current Students
Joseph Leland Bybee (email)
MS, Statistics, University of Michigan
BA, Economics, University of Chicago
Xugan Chen (email)
BS, Mathematics, Zhejiang University
Abhishek Dev (email)
BS, Finance, Bard College
Tania Diaz-Bazan (email)
MS, Economics, Universidad de La Plata
BA, Economics, Universidad Catolica de Cuyo
Ben Gardner (email)
BS, Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University
Pranav Garg (email)
MS, Economics, Paris School of Economics
BA, Economics, University of Delhi
Leandro de Miranda Gomes (email)
MS, Economics, Pontificia U Catolica Rio De Janeiro
BS, Economics, State University of Santa Catarina
Weiting Hong (email)
MA, Economics, Columbia University
BS, Finance, New York University
Allen (An) Hu (email)
BE, Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University
Daniel (Zongsheng) Huang (email)
Bachelors, Economics,Tsinghua University
MS, Finance, University of Chicago
Dong Huang (email)
Masters, Finance, Tsinghua University
BS, Economics and Mathematics, Tsinghua University
Kwon Yong Jin (email)
JD, Law, Yale Law School
BA, Economics, Harvard University
Barry Shikun Ke (email)
BS, Applied Mathematics, Columbia University
Pengcheng Liu (email)
MS, Finance, Chinese University of Hong Kong
BS, Finance, Renmin University of China
Tianshu Lyu (email)
MS, Finance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS, Computer Science, New York University Shanghai
Jamil Abdur Rahman (email)
BA, Economics, Cornell University
Haley Ru (email)
BA, Economics, University of Hong Kong
Tudor-David Schlanger (email)
BA, International & Developmental Economics, University of British Columbia
Paul Schmidt-Engelbertz (email)
BA, Economics, Oxford University
Kaushik Vasudevan (email)
BA, Statistics, University of Chicago
Yi Wang (email)
Bachelors, Finance, Wuhan University
MS, Finance, New York University
Yiyuan Wang (email)
BA, Finance, Tsinghua University
Hongyu Wu (email)
BBA, Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong
MA, Mathematics, Columbia University
Nicholas Wuthenow Anglarill (email)
BS, Economics, Ludwig Maximilians University
Yingxuan Yang (email)
BA, Economics, Nankai University
MS, Economics, London School of Economics
Dolly (Yang) Yu (email)
BS, Economics, University of Toronto
MA, Economics, Yale University
Daojing Zhai (email)
BS, Physics, Nanjing University
Kangying Zhou (email)
MS, Applied Mathematics, University of Chicago
BS, Economics, Huazhong University of Science