Ph.D. Placements
Summary Statistics on Ph.D. Placements
These statistics cover the 106 initial placements of graduating students in our program running from 2005 through 2020.
Type of placement |
Percent of All Placements |
Percent of type in the U.S. or Canada |
---|---|---|
Academic – tenure track |
34.91% |
59.46% |
Academic – non-tenure track |
24.53% |
88.46% |
Academic – post-doc |
5.66% |
83.33% |
Government / NGO |
11.32% |
75.00% |
Private sector |
23.58% |
96.00% |
Academic – non-tenure track include visiting professor positions and other positions with fixed term initial contract. Government/NGO includes central bank positions as well as other government agencies.
The following is a list of the initial placements of students who recently completed their Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Houston.
2020
- Shreya Bhattacharya - Economist, Amazon, Seattle, WA
- Daniel Jacobs - Portfolio Construction Researcher, Vanguard, Malvern, PA
- Heesuk Jung - Quantitative Fellow, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, MN
- Chi-Hung Kang - Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, UH Institute of Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality, Houston, TX
- Elizabeth Luh - Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Eirini Magames - Assistant Vice President in Economic Forecasting, Citibank, Irving, TX
- Reza Parsi - Data Scientist, Uber, San Francisco, CA
- Dhanushka Arunasiri Peru Durayalage - Assistant Professor, Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA
- Michael Walz - Economist, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC
2019
- Aritri Banerjee - Associate, Analysis Group, Boston, MA
- Yewande Olapade - Post-Doctoral Fellow, UH Hobby School of Public Policy, Houston, TX
- Saumya Rana - Labor Economist, Welch Consulting Group, Washington DC
2018
- Arpita Chakravorty - Senior Economist, 2M Research, Arlington TX
- Sakshi Jain - Post-doctoral Fellow, Temple University, Philadelphia PA
- Sergiy Kasyanenko - Economist, World Bank, Washington DC
- Tung Nguyen - Visiting Asst Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Vinh Pham - Transfer Pricing Senior Associate, Ernst & Young, New York
- Lalita Thienprasiddhi - Senior Researcher, Kasikorn Research Center, Bangkok, Thailand
- Gautham Udupa - Research Director, CAFRAL, Reserve Bank of India
- Thuy Max Vu - Senior Data Analyst, Waste Management, Houston TX
- Xuejing Zuo - Assistant Professor, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
2017
- Celine Boulenger — Clinical Assistant Professor, Georgia State University, Atlanta GA
- Taylor Collins — Visiting Asst. Professor, Washington and Lee University, Lexington VA
- Yilin Dong — Assistant Professor, Southwestern Univ. of Finance and Economics, Chengdu China
- Bocong Du — Modeling CSCM, Discover Financial Services, Chicago IL
- Sophia Kazinnik — Quantitative Research Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Charlotte NC
- Subash Khatry — Asst Vice President: Senior Country Risk Analyst, Citibank, Irving TX
2016
- Nadzeya Abramava — Content Analyst (Quantitative Research), Hanover Research Inc., Arlington VA
- Chon Kit Ao — Assistant Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan city, Taiwan
- Somdeep Chatterjee - Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Amrita Dhar — Assistant Professor, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
- Mike Yu-Wei Hsu — Visiting Assistant Professor, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
- Edson Silveira Sobrinho — Economic Advisor, Office of the Presidency of the Federative Republic of Brazil
- Jacob Smith — Quantitative Research Associate, Ouray Energy Mgmt, Houston, TX
- Tzu-Yin Tseng — Economist, Amazon, Seattle, WA
2015
- Mahboobeh Asghari — Assistant Professor, Winona State University, Minnesota
- Christopher Biolsi — Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC
- David Bostashvili — Senior Content Analyst, Hanover Research, Wash, DC
- Randy Crouch — Teacher, The Village School, Houston, TX
- Ashmita Gupta — Indian Statistical Institute, Chennai, India
- Volodymyr Korsun — Netjets, Columbus, Ohio
- Wen Long — Royal Bank of Canada, New York City
- Ryan Ruddy — Ohio State University
2014
- Paula Arce-Trigatti--Post-Doctoral Fellow, Tulane University (Education Research Alliance for New Orleans)
- Jason Best--Consultant, AlixPartners, Houston, Texas
- Bin Gao--Assistant Professor, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Pablo Garofalo--Visiting Assistant Professor, Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics Indiana University South Bend
- Iryna Hayduk--Assistant Professor, Kent State University at Trumbull, Ohio
- Valentyna Katsalap--Visiting Assistant Professor, Austin College, Sherman,Texas
- Emiliano Luttini--Senior Economist, Central Bank of Chile, Santiago, Chile
2013
- Doruk Ilgaz – Senior Quantitative Analyst, Factset Research Systems Inc., Chicago, IL
- Olena Ogrokhina – Assistant Professor, Lafayette College, Pennsylvania
- Gokcen Ogruk - Assistant Professor, Texas Weslayan University
- Mykhalio Sitiuk - Assistant Professor, Ural Federal University, Russia
2012
- Michael Clark – Visiting Assistant Professor, Weslayan University
- Sa An Bui – Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cornell University
- Shreyasee Das - Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
- Wided Hemissi - Assistant Professor, Mediterranean School of Business, Tunisia
- Joel Melendez-Lugo – Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Houston
- Satadru Mukherjee – Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Memphis
- Adam Perdue – Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Houston
- George Romagus – Analyst/Economist, Risked Revenue Energy Associates, Houston, TX
- Teodora Stoica – Assistant Professor, Quinnipiac University
- Shu Zhang – Analyst, Reliant Energy, Houston, TX
2011
- Sule Celik – Lecturer, San Francisco State University, California
- Onur Ince – Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University, North Carolina
- Sunayana Mehra – Economist, Moody’s, Philadelphia
- Juan Urquiza – Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
- Elisabetta Gentile - Visiting Fellow, National University of Singapore
2010
- Amelie Carlton – Assistant Professor, University of Houston
- Roberto Coronado – Economist, Federal Reserve Bank, El Paso (now Vice President in Charge and Senior Economist)
- Serguei Chervachidze – Economist, CB Richard Ellis, Boston
- Edward Hoang - Assistant Professor, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
2009
- Mevlude Akbulut – Assistant Professor, Dalhousie Univ, Canada
- Borys Dodonov – KSE, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Can Dogan – Visiting Assistant Professor, Lamar University
- Indrit Hoxha – Lecturer, University of Houston-Downtown
- Leonie Karkoviata – Lecturer, University of Houston-Downtown
- Santosh Kumar – Bell Fellow, Harvard School of Public Health
- Sreenath Majumder – Assistant Professor, Manchester College, Indiana
- Parul Mathur – Assistant Professor, Simpson College, Iowa
2008
- Hatice Ozer-Balli – Assistant Professor, Massey University, New Zealand
- Can Dogan – Lecturer, St. Thomas University, Houston
- Mayank Gautam – Deloitte and Touche, Houston
- Cahit Guven – Assistant Professor, Deakin University, Australia
- Larry Howard – Assistant Professor, California State University, Fullerton
- Chung-Liang Lin – Assistant Professor, National Dong-Hwa University, Taiwan
- Tetyana Molodtsova – Assistant Professor, Emory University
- Oleksandr Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy – Assistant Professor, University of Memphis
- Nishith Prakash – Visiting Assistant Professor, Ohio University
2007
- Aliaksandr Amialchuk – Assistant Professor, University of Toledo
- Faruk Balli – Lecturer, Dubai University College
- Levent Bulut – Visiting Assistant Professor, Emory University
- Mutlu Yuksel – Research Associate, IZA, Bonn, Germany
2006
- Mesut Arslan – Assistant Professor, Middle East Technical University, Cyprus
- Yulia Demyanyk – Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Dmytro Hryshko – Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, Canada
- Han Li – Assistant Professor, Southwestern University of Economics and Finance, Chengdu, China
- Jia-Huey Lin – Assistant Professor, Chung-Yu Institute of Technology, Taiwan
- Vadym Volosovych – Assistant Professor, Florida Atlantic University
- John Weatherby – Instructor, Lee College, Baytown, TX
2005
- Huseyin Akay – Assistant Professor, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
- Stephanie Botello – Economist, EconOne, Houston, Texas
- Adriana Fernandez – Economist, Houston Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
- Melanie Fox-Kean – Assistant Professor, Austin College, TX
- Shushanik Papanyan – Assistant Professor, University of Texas-Arlington