Summary Statistics on Ph.D. Placements

These statistics cover the 106 initial placements of graduating students in our program running from 2005 through 2020.

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