Placements
Placement Director
Prof. Pablo Kurlat: kurlat@usc.edu
2023 Placements
Al Rakhis, Monira
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Kuwait University
Ash, Thomas
Position: Research Economist
Institution: UCLA Anderson Forecast
Boysel, Sam
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard
Ding, Yukun
Position: Economist
Institution: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Espinosa Torres, Juan
Position: Associate
Institution: Analysis Group
Fajury, Karim
Position: Associate
Institution: Cornerstone Research
Franguridi, Grigory
Position: Research Scientist
Institution: USC center for Economic and Social Research
Islamul Haque, Mohammad
Position: Post-Doctoral Associate
Institution: MacMillan Center of the Yale University
Kochar, Rajat
Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Institution: University of Chicago
Lee, Jung Hyuk
Position: Deputy Director
Institution: Ministry of Economy and Finance, Republic of Korea
Mahler, Amy
Position: Associate Economist
Institution: RAND Corporation
Roig, Nicolas
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Universidad de Alicante
Roitberg, Tal
Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Institution: Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati branch
Song, Ruozi
Position: Research Economist
Institution: World Bank
Tian, Jingyi
Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Institution: University of Houston, Bauer College of Business
Yang, Liying
Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Institution: University of British Columbia
Yang, Shaoshang
Position: Consultant
Institution: Boston Consulting Group(Beijing)
2022 Placements
Chen, Zhen
Position: Associate
Institution: Analysis Group
Kim, Dongwook
Position: Economist
Institution: Bank of Korea
Lee, Rachel
Position: Applied Scientist
Institution: Uber
Park, Hae Yeun
Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Institution: University of Southern California
Xu, Yejia "Richard"
Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Institution: Harvard Business School, The Digital, Data and Design (D^3) Institute
2021 Placements
Ahmed, Rashad
Position: Economist
Institution: US Department of the Treasury
Aristidou, Andreas
Position: Behavioral Scientist
Institution: Zillow
Finley, Brian
Position: Economist
Institution: US Census Bureau
Ghaus, Usman
Position: Economist
Institution: Amazon
Han, Bada
Position: Economist
Institution: Bank of Korea
Jiang, Qin
Position: Data Scientist
Institution: Quora
Kim, Bora
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Ko, Jeehyun
Position: Research Fellow
Institution: Korean Institute of Public Finance
Kwon, Eunjee
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Cincinnati
Liu, Yinan
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Renmin University of China
Qian, Yiwei
Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Institution: Stanford University
Schneider, Jacob
Position: Economist
Institution: Amazon
Wang, Jingbo
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Chinese University of Hong Kong
Xie, Yimeng
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Xiamen University
Yu, Zhou
Position: Macroeconomist
Institution: Fullgoal Fund Management
Zhang, Yinqi
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of International Business and Economics
2020 Placements
Aggarwal, Kanika
Position: Research Consultant
Institution: United Nations Development Programme
Cao, Jisu
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Institution: Texas A&M University
Cao, Yu
Position: Economist
Institution: World Bank
Deng, Weiran
Position: Economist
Institution: Amazon
Jain, Urvashi
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of South Alabama
Kim, Daehyun
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: Seoul National University
Krishnaswamy, Nandita
Position: Associate
Institution: Analysis Group
Park, Minwoo
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: National Chengchi University
Sharifvaghefi, Mahrad
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Wang, Shichen
Position: Economist
Institution: Amazon
Xin, Weining
Position: Economist
Institution: International Monetary Fund
Yun, Jeonghwan
Position: Research Fellow
Institution: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy
2019 Placements
Abboud, Ali
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Institution: Ohio State University
Chu, Wenjing
Position: Senior Analyst
Institution: Hawaii Medical Service Association
Chuk, Kenneth
Position: Data Scientist
Institution: Cloud9 Esports
Dewan, Ambuj
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: New York University, Langone Health
Fioretti, Michele
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Sciences Po
He, Rui
Position: Capital Market Model Validation Analyst
Institution: U.S. Bank
Heilmann, Kilian
Position: Economist
Institution: Uber Technologies
Reese, Simon
Position: Associate Senior Lecturer
Institution: Lund University
Shin, Eunhae
Position: Economist
Institution: Mathematica Policy Research
Smith, Simon
Position: Economist
Institution: Federal Reserve Board
Wang, Hongming
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Institution: Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study
2018 Placements
Bharati, Tushar
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Western Australia
Chin, Seungwoo
Position: Deputy Director
Institution: Ministry of Strategy and Finance of the Republic of Korea
Jain, Urvashi
Position: Postdoctoral Scholar
Institution: University of Southern California
Johnsson, Ida Brigitta
Position: Senior Data Scientist
Institution: Clutter
Jung, Dawoon
Position: Associate Research Fellow
Institution: Korea Institute of Public Finance
Ma, Mingming
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Tamayo, Jorge Andres
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Harvard University
Wu, Fengyu
Position: Research Associate
Institution: Wake Forest University
Xie, Zhiwen
Position: Associate
Institution: Analysis Group
Yang, Fan (Cynthia)
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Florida State University
2017 Placements
Banerjee, Rakesh
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: Rice University
Fu, Xiao
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Fudan University
Khan, Bilal Muhammad
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of International Business and Economics
Kim, Kyunhwa
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Solbridge International School of Business
Kodaverdian, Niree
Position: Visiting Assistant Professor
Institution: Pomona College
Molina, Teresa
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Hawaii at Monoa
Montgomery, Mallory
Position: Economist
Institution: Amazon
O'Connor, Kelsey James
Position: Researcher of Economics
Institution: National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Tarrasó, Jorge
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute
Xia, Junjie
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Peking University
2016 Placements
Ahsan, Md. Nazmul
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Saint Louis University
Giga, Aleksandar
Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Institution: University of Southern California
Hussain, Karrar
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Lahore University of Management Services
Kartalciklar, Bahar
Position: Assistant Director/Senior Financial Quantitative Analyst
Institution: Moody’s Analytics
Moon, Ahram
Position: Associate Fellow
Institution: Korea Information Society Development Institute
Morgan, Robson
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Minerva schools Keck Graduate Institute
Xie, Wei
Position: Economist
Institution: Amazon
Zhang, Xing
Position: Data Scientist
Institution: Microsoft
Zhou, Cheng
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Leicester
Zhu, Yaoyao
Position: Senior Data Analyst
Institution: Millman
2015 Placements
Kim, Kyoung Eun
Position: Associate Fellow
Institution: Korea Information Society Development Institute
Sachdeva, Ashish
Position: Research Fellow
Institution: National University of Singapore
Scarpati, Lauren
Position: Assistant Director
Institution: Liberty Mutual Insurance
Song, Hyojin
Position: Senior Data Scientist
Institution: Microsoft
Vilan, Diego
Position: Senior Economist
Institution: Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Wang, Jin
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Kansas State University
Yu, Haojun
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Shanghai University of Finance & Economics
Zhou, Qiankun
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Louisiana State University
Placement Facts
An average of 11 PhD students graduate from our department every year. In recent years, our PhD candidates have found positions with the following institutions:
US Academic Institutions
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Binghamton University
- Fordham University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Harvard University
- Kansas State University
- Notre Dame University
- University of Arkansas
- University of California Irvine
- University of California Los Angeles
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Pittsburgh
- Westminster College, Utah
International Academic Institutions
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico
- National University of Singapore
- Renmin University of China
- Sciences Po
- Toulouse School of Economics
- University College London
- University of New South Wales
- University of Queensland
- University of Waterloo
- Xiamen University
Government and Intergovernmental Organizations
- Federal Reserve Board
- International Monetary Fund
- KIEP
- KIPF
- The World Bank
- UN-WIDER
- US Census Bureau
- US Department of the Treasury
Private Sector
- Amazon
- Cornerstone Research
- Deloitte
- Healthcare Solutions at dLife
- Mathematica
- Microsoft
- Moody's
- Zillow
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