Recent PhD Graduates

Yale SOM’s doctoral program spans five fields of study: Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Operations, and Organizations & Management. Below is a list of our recent graduates.

• Steven Huddart (1991)
  Initial Placement at Stanford University
• Bente Villadsen (1993)
  Initial Placement at Washington University in St. Louis
• Yuanyuan Jiang (2004)
  Initial Placement at Cornerstone Research
• Yun Zhang (2004)
  Initial Placement at Duke University
• Ling Zhou (2004)
  Initial Placement at Tulane University
• Zhiyan Cao (2006)
  Initial Placement at University of Washington-Tacoma
• Francesco Bova (2008)
  Initial Placement at University of Toronto
  Committee: Ederhof, Mittendorf, Thomas (chair), Zhang
• Pingyang Gao (2008)
  Initial Placement at University of Chicago
  Committee: Antle, Geanakoplos, Mittendorf, Sunder (chair)
• Dae-Hee Yoon (2008)
  Initial Placement at City University of New York
  Committee: Antle, Mittendorf, Shin, Sunder (chair)
• Foong Soon Cheong (2009)
  Initial Placement at Rutgers University
  Committee: Ederhof, Mittendorf, Thomas (chair), Zhang
• Panagiotis Patatoukas (2010)
  Initial Placement at University of California-Berkeley
  Committee: Mittendorf, Sunder, Thomas (chair), Zhang
• Kai Du (2012)
  Initial Placement at Pennsylvania State University
  Committee: Antel, Sunder (chair), Thomas, Tsyvinski
• Wei Zhu (2013)
  Initial Placement at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Committee: Kolev, Lerman, Thomas (chair), Zhang
• Aytekin Ertan (2014)
  Initial Placement at London Business School
  Committee: Lerman, Sunder, Thomas (chair), Zhang
• James Potepa (2014)
  Initial Placement at George Washington University
  Committee: Kolev, Lerman, Thomas (chair), Zhang
• Qiao Kapadia (2016)
  Initial Placement at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  Committee: Kolev, Lerman, Sunder (chair), Zhang
• Robert Stoumbos (2017)
  Initial Placement at Columbia University
  Committee: Niessner, Sunder, Thomas (chair), Zhang
• John Heater (2018)
  Initial Placement at Duke University
  Committee: Lerman, Sunder, Thomas (chair), Zhang
• Stephanie Miller (2018)
  Initial Placement at Quinnipiac University
  Committee: Lerman, Steffen, Thomas (chair), Zhang
• Qin Tan (2018)
  Initial Placement at City University of Hong Kong
  Committee: Kolev, Lerman, Steffen, Thomas (chair),
• Erik Olson (2020)
  Initial Placement at Vanderbilt University
  Committee: Steffen, Sunder, Thomas (chair), Zhang
• Robert Bishop (2021)
  Initial Placement at Duke Law
  Committee: Morely, Steffen, Thomas (chair), Zhang
• Ruiting Dai (2022)
  Initial Placement at Drexel University
  Committee: Duguay, Steffen, Thomas (chair), Zhang
• David Kwon (2022)
  Initial Placement at Aon
  Committee: Huang, Spiegel, Thomas (chair), Zhang
• Jinjie Lin (2022)
  Initial Placement at Moody's Analytics
  Committee: Duguay, Shue, Steffen, Thomas (chair), Zhang
• Lucas C. Lee (2024)
  Initial Placement at IE Business School
  Committee: Shue, Steffen, Thomas (chair), Zhang
• Tendai Masaya (2024)
  Initial Placement at Smeal College of Business
  Committee: Duguay, Nakhmurina, Thomas (chair), Zhang
• Brett Campbell (2025)
  Initial Placement at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  Committee: Duguay, Steffen, Thomas (chair), Zhang

• Kangying Zhou (2025)
  Texas A&M University
  Committee: Barberis (chair), Goetzmann, Giglio, Moskowitz, Kelly (chair)
• 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
• Kaushik Vasudevan (2023)
  Purdue University Daniels School of Business
  Committee: Barberis, Giglio, Moskowitz (chair), 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

• 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
   

• Mohin Banker
  Initial Placement at Cornerstone Research
• Ernest Baskin
  Initial Placement at St. Joseph’s University
• Elizabeth Friedman 
  Columbia University
• Alexander Fulmer
  Initial Placement at Cornell School of Hotel Administration
• Kelly Goldsmith 
  Initial Placement at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
  Awards
  Honorable Mention Winner, 2008 SCP-SHETH Dissertation Award
  Winner, 2010 Levi and Weitz AMA Award
• Margarita Gorlin 
  Initial placement at SurveyMonkey
• Minju Han
  Hangyang University
• Uzma Khan 
  Initial Placement at Carnegie Mellon University
  Awards
  Honorable Mention Winner, 2004 SCP-SHETH Dissertation Award
  Winner, 2005 John A. Howard/AMA Dissertation Award
• Eunice Kim 
  Initial Placement at University of Toronto
• Jin M. Kim
  Initial Placement as Post Doc at Northeastern University
• Jong Min Kim
  Initial Placement at Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore National University
• Sara (Amanda) Levis
• Andrew Meyer 
  Initial Placement as a Yale School of Management Post Doc
• Anastasiya Pocheptsova 
  Initial Placement at University of Maryland
  Awards
  Winner, 2006 SCP-SHETH Dissertation Award
• Jennifer Savary 
  Initial Placement at University of Arizona
• Guy Voichek
  Imperial College Business School
• Jing (Jane) Wang 
  Initial Placement at Singapore Management University
  Awards
  Honorable Mention Winner, 2007 SCP-SHETH Dissertation Award

• Thomas Steenburgh (2004)
  Initial Placement at Harvard Business School
• Jackie Luan (2006)
  Initial Placement at Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth
• Sumon Datta (2009)
  Initial Placement at Krannert School of Management, Purdue University
  Awards
  Winner, 2008 Alden G. Clayton Doctoral Dissertation Award, MSI
• Sachin Sancheti (2009)
  Initial Placement at Cornerstone Research
• Hema Yoganarasimhan (2009)
  Initial Placement at University of California at Davis
  Awards
  Winner, 2008 Alden G. Clayton Doctoral Dissertation Award, MSI
  Winner, Frank M. Bass Outstanding Dissertation Award
  Finalist, John D.C. Little Best Paper Award
• Doug Chung (2012)
  Initial Placement at Harvard Business School
  Awards
  Winner, 2011 ISMS Doctoral Dissertation Competition
  Winner, ISBM Doctoral Support Award
  Runner Up, 2011 Mary Kay Doctoral Dissertation Competition
• Boudhayan Sen (2012)
  Initial Placement at McKinsey & Company
• Michelle Lu (2015)
  Initial Placement at McGill University
• Navid Mojir (2017)
  Initial Placement Harvard Business School
  Awards
  Winner, 2016 Alden G. Clayton Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Competition, MSI
  Winner, 2016 ISMS Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Competition
  Winner, 2015 ISBM Doctoral Support Award
• Beomjoon Shim (2017)
  Electronic Arts
• Jai Subrahmanyam (2018)
• Jungju Yu (2018)
  City University of Hong Kong
• Minkyung Kim (2019)
  University of North Carolina
  Awards
  Winner, 2021 Don Lehmann Award, Best Dissertation-based article published in Journal of Marketing Research
  Honorable mention, 2019 John A. Howard / AMA Doctoral Dissertation Award
  Winner, 2018 ISMS Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Competition
• Ishita Chakraborty (2021)
  Wisconsin School of Business
• Minkyu Shin (2021)
  Initial Placement City University of Hong Kong
• Hortense Fong (2022)
  Initial Placement Columbia Business School
• Ankit Sisodia (2023)
  Initial Placement Purdue Business School
• Ian Weaver (2023)
  Initial Placement National University of Singapore
• Fei Teng (2025)
  Initial Placement National University of Singapore
• Chi Ying Wang (2025)
  Initial Placement Fordham University

• Jason Duan (2008)
  Initial Placement at University of Texas at Austin
• Yaniv Dover (2012)
  Initial Placement at Dartmouth College
• Guofang Huang (2013)
  Initial Placement at Carnegie-Mellon University
• Nathan Yang (2015)
  Initial Placement at McGill University

• Akshaya Suresh (2024)
  Initial Placement at TBA
• Michael Blair (2023)
  Initial Placement at Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, WLU 

• Yu Shi (2023)
  Initial Placement at Two Sigma

• Junchao Ma (2021)
  Initial Placement at Microsoft

• Scott Rodilitz (2021)
  Initial Placement at Anderson School of Management, UCLA

• Cheng Hua (2020)
  Initial Placement at Shanghai Jiantong University

• Yiftach Yarmar (2025)
  Initial Placement: PostDoctoral Researcher at INSEAD
• Geoffrey Borchhardt (2024)
  Initial Placement: University of Oregon
• Taylor Holdaway (2024)
  Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Wharton School
• Alexandra Bray (2023)
  Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Wharton School
• Doris Kwon (2023)
  Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Wharton School
• Brittany Torrez (2023)
  Initial Placement: Yelp
• Melody Chang (2022)
  Initial Placement: USC Marshall School of Business
• Yuna Cho (2021)
  Initial Placement: University of Hong Kong
• Jun Won Park (2021)
  Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University
• Margeum Kim (2020)
  Initial Placement: Bloomingdale’s
• Victoria Shu Zhang (2019)
  Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Associate, Yale School of Management
• Winnie Jiang (2019)
  Initial Placement: INSEAD
• Matthew Regele (2018)
  Initial Placement: Miami University
• Valentina Assenova (2017)
  Initial Placement: Wharton
• Rosanna Smith (2017)
  Initial Placement: University of Georgia
• Jordon Swain (2017)
  Initial Placement: West Point