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Former PhD Students

Job Market Candidates | Former PhD Students | Current PhD Students Below is a list of my former PhD students (meaning that I served on their dissertation committees). I have tried hard to provide links to active websites, current positions, and accurate degree dates. If you’re one of my former students and you notice an error, or (even worse) if I’ve inadvertently omitted your name, please let me know!
Graduation Year: 2021
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Alex Bloedel Assistant Professor, UC Davis (starting Fall 2022) 2021 Stanford
Luca Braghieri Assistant Professor, Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich 2021 Stanford
Alejandro Martinez-Marquina Assistant Professor, USC 2021 Stanford
Graduation Year: 2020
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Yucheng Liang Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University 2020 Stanford GSB
Graduation Year: 2019
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
William Dodds Assistant Professor, Tulane University 2019 Stanford
Graduation Year: 2018
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Fulya Ersoy Assistant Professor, Loyola Marymount University 2018 Stanford
Juan Rios Rivera Data Scientist, Uber 2018 Stanford
David Yang Assistant Professor, Harvard University 2018 Stanford
Graduation Year: 2016
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Sandro Ambuehl Assistant Professor, University of Zurich 2016 Stanford
Deniz Aydin Assistant Professor, Olin Business School, Washington University St. Louis 2016 Stanford
Shengwu Li Assistant Professor, Harvard University 2016 Stanford
Graduation Year: 2015
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Christine Exley Associate Professor, Harvard Business School 2015 Stanford
Jeffrey Naecker Behavioral Economist, Google 2015 Stanford
Ning (Neil) Yu Professor, Nanjing Audit University 2015 Stanford
Graduation Year: 2014
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Rebecca Dizon-Ross Associate Professor, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago 2014 Stanford
Graduation Year: 2012
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Michael Bailey Research Science Manager, Facebook 2012 Stanford
Jennifer Doleac Associate Professor, Texas A&M University 2012 Stanford
Irina Weissbrott 2012 Stanford
Graduation Year: 2011
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Xiaochen Fan Clinical Assistant Professor, NYU 2011 Stanford
Graduation Year: 2010
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Ned Augenblick Associate Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley 2010 Stanford
Aaron Bodoh-Creed Senior Economist, Amazon 2010 Stanford
Carlos Lever Regional Dean for Social Science, Tecnológico de Monterey 2010 Stanford
Graduation Year: 2009
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Annika Todd Blick Senior Scientific Engineering Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2009 Stanford
James McGuire Senior Economist, Joint Committee on Taxation 2009 Stanford
Jonathan Meer Professor, Texas A&M University 2009 Stanford
Eduardo Perez Associate Professor, Sciences Po 2009 Stanford
Graduation Year: 2008
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Luz Marina Arias Assistant Professor, CIDE (Mexico City) 2008 Stanford
Xinping Li Strategist, Aristeia Capital 2008 Stanford
Marc Meredith Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Pennsylvania 2008 Stanford GSB
Darwin (Trey) Miller Associate Professor, University of Texas at Dallas 2008 Stanford
Philip Tzang Senior Economist, HKSAR Government 2008 Stanford
Graduation Year: 2007
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
S. Nageeb Ali Professor, Penn State University 2007 Stanford
Francisca Antman Associate Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder 2007 Stanford
Silvia Console Battilana Cofounder and CEO, Auctionomics 2007 Stanford
Edward Van Wesep Associate Professor, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder 2007 Stanford
Graduation Year: 2006
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Emeric Henry Professor, Sciences Po 2006 Stanford
Benjamin Ho Associate Professor, Vassar College 2006 Stanford GSB
Graduation Year: 2005
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Wentong Zheng Professor, Levin College of Law, University of Florida 2005 Stanford
Graduation Year: 2004
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Jaime Calleja Alderete Director of Transfer Pricing, Amazon 2004 Stanford
Navin Kartik Professor, Columbia University 2004 Stanford
Laura Lindsey Professor, Carey School of Business, Arizona State University 2004 Stanford
Amalia Miller Professor, University of Virginia 2004
Neva Novarro Visting Assistant Professor, Pamona College 2004 Stanford
Lei Zhang Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2004 Stanford
Graduation Year: 2003
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Katherine Carman Senior Economist, Rand Corporation 2003 Stanford
Yee Wai Chong Researcher & Portfolio Manager, Ortus Capital Management Limited 2003 Stanford
Donald Nichols Principal, Health Policy and Systems Research, Genentech 2003 Stanford
Sita Slavov Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University 2003 Stanford
Graduation Year: 2002
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Ronald Borzekowski Director, Amazon Web Services 2002 Stanford
Daniel Eisenberg Professor, Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA 2002 Stanford
Koshy Mathai Advisor to the Managing Director, International Monetary Fund 2002 Stanford
Luis Rayo Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwester University 2002 Stanford
Li-An Zhou Professor, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University 2002 Stanford
Graduation Year: 2001
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Giovanni Facchini Professor, University of Nottingham 2001 Stanford
Clemens Sialm Professor, University of Texas, Austin 2001 Stanford
Raphael Thomadsen Professor, Olin Business School, Washington University St. Louis 2001 Stanford
Ayako Yasuda Professor, Graduate School of Management, UC Davis 2001 Stanford
Graduation Year: 2000
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Gregory Besharov Senior Lecturer, Cornell University 2000 Stanford
Graduation Year: 1999
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Patrick Bayer Professor, Duke University 1999 Stanford
Amit Bubna Senior Economist, Cornerstone Research, and Adjunct Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University 1999 Stanford
Serdar Dinc Professor, Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University 1999 Stanford
Jon Rork Professor, Reed College 1999 Stanford
Roberton Williams Professor, University of Maryland 1999 Stanford
Raymond Wolff Senior Financial Economist, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 1999 Stanford
Graduation Year: 1998
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Sergei Severinov Associate Professor, University of British Columbia 1998 Stanford
Steven Weinberg Senior Economist, BNP Paribas 1998 Stanford
Graduation Year: 1997
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Hongbin Cai Professor and Dean, HKU Business School 1997 Stanford
Graduation Year: 1996
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Daniel M. Garrett Senior Advisor, Cornerstone Research 1996 Stanford
Graduation Year: 1994
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Yukiko Abe Professor, Hokkaido University 1994 Princeton
Bharat Anand Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School 1994 Princeton
Kenneth Corts Professor and Vice Dean, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto 1994 Princeton
Ulrich Hege Professor, Toulouse School of Economics 1994 Princeton
Darwin Neher Senior Vice President, Cornerstone Research 1994 Princeton
Lee Redding Professor, College of Business, University of Michigan-Dearborn 1994 Princeton
Graduation Year: 1993
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Kathryn Graddy Professor and Dean, Brandeis International Business School 1993 Princeton
Alec Levenson Senior Research Scientist, University of Southern California 1993 Princeton
Arijit Sen Professor, Indian Insitute of Management, Calcutta 1993 Princeton
Graduation Year: 1992
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Anniruddha Dasgupta Professor, Massachusetts Maritime Academy 1992 Princeton
Zhigang Tao Professor, HKU Business School 1992 Princeton
Michael Williams 1992 Princeton
Graduation Year: 1990
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Zsuzsanna Fluck Associate Professor, Broad College of Business, Michigan State University 1990 Princeton
Graduation Year: 1989
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Laurence Levin Senior Economist, Flexport 1989 Stanford
Graduation Year: 1988
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Laurie Hodrick Professor Emeritus, Columbia Business School 1988 Stanford
Terrance O'Reilly Associate Professor of Law, Willametter University 1988 Stanford
John Karl Scholz Professor and Provost, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1988 Stanford
Graduation Year: 1987
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
William Gale Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution 1987 Stanford
Mark Kanazawa Professor, Carlton College 1987 Stanford
Graduation Year: 1986
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Janet Stotsky Self-employed 1986 Stanford
Graduation Year: 1985
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Sule Ozler Associate Professor, UCLA 1985 Stanford
John Zucker Policy Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of New York 1985 Stanford
Graduation Year: 1984
Name Title and Department Graduation Year PhD program
Hafiz Pasha Professor Emeritus, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore 1984 Stanford