Summary Statistics on Ph.D. Placements

These statistics cover the 133 initial placements of graduating students in our program running from 2005 through 2024. 

Academic — non-tenure track includes 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.

2025

• Jordan Holbrook – Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
• Jeonghyeok Kim - Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Population and Human Capital, Yonsei University, South Korea followed by Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
• Sameer Malik – Postdoctoral fellow, BI Business School, Norway 
• Yang Pei – Postdoctoral fellow, Tsinghua University, China
• Angelo dos Santos, Postdoctoral Researcher, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
• Yabo Gwladys Vidogbena - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
• Yujie Zhang - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania 
• Victor Zuluaga – Economist, Research Department, Bank of Mexico

2024

• Shuan-Wen Lin - Assistant Research Fellow, Public Economic Policy Research Center, National Taiwan University
• Eva Loaeza Albino - VP of Research, California Workers Compensation Institute
• Ryan McGregor - Lecturer, Southern Methodist University, Dallas
• Mehedi Oni - Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas
• Luis Salinas - Financial economist, Inter-American Development Bank
• Ko Sugiura- Post-doc, Ghent University, Belgium
• Khanh Vu - Bank of America, Atlanta

2023

• Nabila Rahman Biju - Assistant Professor (tenure track), Berea College, Kentucky
• Weonhyeok Chung - Associate Research Fellow, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, Korea
• Oscar Galvez Soriano - Assistant Instructional Professor, Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Illinois
• Hussain Hadah - Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Tulane University, Louisiana
• Annie Yu-Hsin Hsu - Lecturer, Indiana University, School of Public & Environmental Affairs, Indiana
• Hoanh Le - Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, South Dakota State University, USA
• Jia Liu - Consultant, World Bank, Washington, DC
• Md Abdullah Al Mashrur - Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Liu Mendoza Perez - Assistant Professor (tenure track), Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
• Jose Mota Aquino - Assistant Professor (tenure track), University of Nebraska-Omaha, USA

2022

• Vasundhara Tanwar – Economist, Bartko LLP
• Hamza Zahid - Economist, World Bank, Washington D.C.
• Yeabin Moon - Lecturer, Brandeis International Business School, Waltham, MA

2021

• Eris Azizaj — Assistant Vice President, Model Sr. Analyst, Citibank NA; Irving, TX
• Xavier Martin Bautista — Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics, Singapore Management University; Singapore
• Boblawende Jean Kabore — Economist, Amazon; Houston, TX
• Kriti Khanna — Assistant Professor, Plaksha University, Mohali; Punjab, India
• William Labadie — Visiting Asst Professor, Earlham College; Richmond, IN
• Reza Parsi — Applied Scientist, Uber; Los Angeles, CA
• Priyam Verma — Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Aix-Marseille University; Marseille, France
• Dingyi Xu — Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, UIBE; Beijing, China

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
• 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 Assistant 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 Assistant Professor, Washington and Lee University; Lexington, VA
• Yilin Dong — Assistant Professor, Southwestern University 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 — Assistant 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 Washingto; 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 Management, LLC; 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; Washington, 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 Wesleyan University
• Mykhalio Sitiuk — Assistant Professor, Ural Federal University, Russia

2012

• Sa An Bui — Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cornell University
• Michael Clark — Visiting Assistant Professor, Wesleyan 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
• Elisabetta Gentile — Visiting Fellow, National University of Singapore
• Onur Ince — Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University, North Carolina
• Sunayana Mehra — Economist, Moody’s, Philadelphia
• Belgi Turan — Assistant Professor, Atilim University, Turkey
• Juan Urquiza — Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago

2010

• Amelie Carlton — Assistant Professor, University of Houston
• Serguei Chervachidze — Economist, CB Richard Ellis, Boston
• Roberto Coronado — Economist, Federal Reserve Bank, El Paso (now  Vice President in Charge and Senior Economist)
• Edward Hoang — Assistant Professor, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

2009

• Mevlude Akbulut — Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University, 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

• 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
• Hatice Ozer-Balli — Assistant Professor, Massey University, New Zealand
• 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
• Shushanik Papanyan — Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington