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Recent Graduates and Current Students

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

Leland Bybee (2024)
Chicago Booth School of Business
Committee: Barberis (chair), Goetzmann, Goldsmith-Pinkham, Simsek
Allen Hu (2024)
UBC Sauder School of Business
Committee: Barberis (co-chair), Giglio (co-chair), Jensen, Ma, Shu 
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

Matthew Bondy (email)
Doctor of Law, Yale Law School
BA, International Relations, William & Mary

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

Pranjal Drall (email)
Doctor of Law, Yale Law School
BA, Economics, Grinnell College

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

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

Mohammad Pourmohammadi (email)
MS, Finance, Bocconi University
BS, Applied Mathematics, Sharif University of Technology

Jamil Abdur Rahman (email)
BA, Economics, Cornell University

Sasha Rothstein (email)
BS, Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College

Haley Ru (email)
BA, Economics, University of Hong Kong

Tudor-David Schlanger (email)
BA, International Economics, University of British Columbia

Paul Schmidt-Engelbertz (email)
BA, Economics, Oxford University

Joe Tan (email)
MS, Finance, Imperial College London
Bachelor of Commerce, Finance, University of Sydney

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