PhD Student Placement History

2024

  • Brookelyn Adams, Illinois State University (Instructional Assistant Professor)
  • Dong Ho Kang, University of Cologne (post-doc)
  • Seonyong Kim, Korea Energy Economics Institute
  • Wei Zhao, Truist

2023

  • Qian (Joe) Wu, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (Assistant Professor, Statistics)
  • Tabitha Chikhladze, University of Missouri (Assistant Teaching Professor)
  • Moenes Mellouli, Columbia College (Assistant Professor, Statistics)
  • William (Hyungjin) Park, University of Southern Mississippi (Visiting Instructor, then tenure-track Assistant Professor)
  • Michelle Wickman, St. Louis University's Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research (post-doc)

2022

  • Heon Lee, Wells Fargo
  • Qinhua (Philip) Xie, Citi
  • Fangda Wang, bank consultancy (Hangzhou)

2021

  • Xin Liu, Washington State University (Assistant Professor)
  • Yong (Olivia) Bian, Zhejiang Gongshang University (Assistant Professor)
  • Zhiyang (David) You, Mercer
  • Lonnie Hofmann, PwC
  • Ivan Davila Fadul, Ernst & Young
  • Zixin Liu, Citi
  • Xin (Simon) Wei, Walmart
  • Sanguk Kwon, Korea Rural Economic Institute
  • Joonhong Ahn, Korea Institute of Procurement
  • Cheng Qian, Apple (Beijing)

2020

  • Yang An, Opinion Dynamics

2019

  • Saroj Dhital, Southwestern University (Assistant Professor)
  • Xiqian (Cecilia) Wang, Beijing University of Technology (Assistant Professor)
  • Rebecca Whitworth, University of Missouri (Visiting Assistant Professor)
  • Sanha Noh, Korea Capital Market Institute
  • Tai Lee, Samsung Economic Research Institute
  • Diyi Li, Mercer Consulting
  • Yifeng Jia, Nomis Solutions
  • Chao Wu, TWO NIL

2018

  • Xingpeng (Catherine) Wei, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (Assistant Professor)
  • Wei Kong, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (Assistant Professor)
  • Li Tan, Purdue University (post-doc), then Arizona State University (Assistant Professor, EESD)
  • Taehwan Kim, Korea Energy Economics Institute
  • Kyungsik Nam, Korea Energy Economics Institute
  • Ock Hyun Joe, Hewlett-Packard
  • Xueli Cao, FedEx

2017

  • Ingul Baek, Korea Housing Finance Corp.
  • Sumitrra Ganguli, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, US Department of Energy
  • Xiang (Maurice) Li, FedEx
  • Weiwei Wu, FedEx
  • Longhao Zhuo, Bank of America

2016

  • Fan Yang, NYU Shanghai (Visiting Assistant Professor)
  • Jian Song, Discover Financial Services
  • Ting Wang, JPMorgan Chase
  • Xi Wang, Bank of America

2015

  • Tetyana (Tanya) Beregovska, Truman State University (Assistant Professor, Statistics)
  • Xue (April) Li, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (Assistant Professor)
  • Kuo-Hsuan Chin, Feng Chia University (Assistant Professor)

2010-2014

Academic: University of Missouri (Assistant Research Professor), Shandong University (Assistant Professor), National University of Singapore (Research Fellow), Southwestern Illinois College (Instructor), University of Illinois at Chicago (Adjunct Lecturer)

Industry: JPMorgan Chase, Capital One, Headwin Logistics, Citi, AmEx

Government, NGO, non-profit, or institute: IMPAQ, Islamic Development Bank, Industrial Bank of Korea Economic Research Institute, Thailand Ministry of Industry, Missouri Public Service Commission, Korean Energy Economic Institute