Graduate Students

Our graduates are well trained in data analysis, micro- and macroeconomic theory, econometrics (both theoretical and applied) as well as fields of specialization of their choice.

Our graduates are highly competent users of Economics and have been successful in a variety of fields from completing a PhD to applied policy work at international organizations to working in an investment bank.

If you are interested in one of our current students please do not hesitate to contact them. You may also contact us to set up a recruitment event.

	Name
	Raphaëlle Aulagnon	Interests: Global inequality, Social mobility, Public policy Experience: Msc in Management at ESSEC Business School (France, Singapore) Intern Economic assumptions Analyst ALM department (EDF, Paris) and at Credit and Sustainability Analyst (Triodos Finance, Paris) as well as Intern Financial Analyst (Nokia, Madrid)
	Mitali Banerji	Interests: Development Economics, Public Sector Finance Experience: B.A. Economics and Political Science from NYU Abu Dhabi (cum laude) Associate at EY-Parthenon’s Education Centre of Excellence, Mumbai; Intern at Abu Dhabi Finance, Abu Dhabi’s General Secretariat to the Executive Council and Pratham Foundation Skills: Advanced Excel, Advanced Qualtrics, STATA, LaTeX, Basic HTML English (native) ; Hindi (native) ; French (professional) ; Bengali (fluent)
	Iti Bhargava	Interests: Development Economics, Behavioral Economics, Mental Well-Being Experience: Completed B.A (Honors) in Economics from Christ University, India. Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia on three randomized evaluations in labor markets and the education sector. Project assistant at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras on an environmental economics study. Skills: STATA, LaTeX, Python, Lightroom, Excel, ArcGIS
	Gretchen Bueermann	Interests: Development Economics, Impact investing, Economic Consulting. Experience: B.A. in Economics from Reed College Analyst at Bloomberg LP (Fixed Income and FX desk), Sales Operations Engineer at Remote Medical International in Nairobi, Kenya & Seattle, WA. Oversaw financial and logistical components of projects with the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali and foreign exchange rate conversion for international contracts.
	Luis Eduardo Castillo Aguirre	Interests: Public Policy, Economic Growth, Political Economy of Development Experiences: Macroeconomic Modelling analyst at the Central Reserve Bank of Peru ; responsible for macroeconomic forecasts and monetary policy scenario analysis. RA at the Social Policy, Development and Society Department in the Research Center of Universidad del Pacífico. Published and working papers focused on education and corruption in Peru. B.S. Economics Universidad del Pacífico (Lima, Peru). Skills: Advanced Matlab, STATA, Eviews and Microsoft Office. English (fluid), Spanish (native)
	Sofia Caycedo	Joint Degree IDE & Master of Environmental Management Interests: Development economics, environmental economics, public policy, financing for sustainable development Experience: B.S. (cum laude) University of Amsterdam (major in environmental science, minor in economics) Research intern at UNDP, Regional Panama Hub (focusing on SDG implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean); Editor-in-chief of the Yale Environment Review; Research assistant: Yale Centre for Business and Environment (renewable energy solutions); Research assistant: University of Amsterdam (clean water access in Bangladesh) Skills: Matlab, Rstudio, STATA, GIS, editing, writing Languages: English (native) Dutch (native) Spanish (intermediate) French (beginner)
	Tianyu Fan	Experience: BS Economics Peking University, Beijing; Bachelor in Law China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing; Skills: Matlab, Python, Stata; Mandarin (Native); English (Fluent); Interest: Economic Growth, International Trade, International Finance
	Xiaoya Gao	Experience: B.S. Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing; Year abroad at UC Davis; RA at Institute on Poverty Research, Peking University, Beijing; RA at Department of Economics, Renmin University of China; Intern at Academic Cooperation Department, Chongyang Institiue for Financial Studies, Beijing Interest: Development Economics, Poverty Alleviation, Rural-urban Gap Skills: Stata, R Language: Mandarin(native), English(fluent)
	Sakshi Hallan	Experience: B.A.(hons) Economics Indraprastha College For Women, Delhi University Legislative Assistant to Member of Parliament(LAMP) Fellow Interests: Research in Development Economics(Health, Education, Inequality) and Public Policy
	Lu He	Experience: BA Global Political Economy Waseda University, Tokyo; University of Hong Kong Exchange Program Intern at CICC Equity Research and Strategy, Guosen Securities Investment Banking Department and ICBC Risk Control Department & Marketing Department Skills: Mandarin (Native);English (Fluent); Cantonese (Conversational); Japanese (Fluent, JLPT N1) Interest: Investment banking; Equity research
	Sifan Jiang
	Masakazu Kumakura	Interests: Public Policy, Inclusive Growth, Financial Markets Experiences: Section Chief at Policy Research Institute of the Japanese Ministry of Finance (MOF); National Tax Examiner at Fukuoka Regional Taxation Bureau of the MOF; Economist at Market Finance Division (JGB issuing authority) of the MOF; Analyst at Debt Management Policy Division of the MOF Bachelor of Laws from the University of Tokyo, Japan Skills: MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Stata, R (learning) Languages: English, Japanese (native)
	Daham Lee	Interests: Macroeconomics, Financial markets Experience: BSc Economics, London School of Economics (First Class Honours) Research at World Bank (2 years) specializing in economic forecasting and research on key macroeconomic trends. Assisted in preparation of reports/briefings on Korea’s political/economic developments for senior management. Skills: Stata, R. Databases: CEIC, Haver, Bloomberg, Datastream
	Jianhong Liu	Interests: Development Economics, Public Policy Experiences: B.A. in Economics from Renmin University of China (semester abroad at University of York, U.K.) Research assistant at Department of Economics, Renmin University of China; Research assistant at Institute of China’s Economic Reform and Development; Internships at Deloitte Consulting Co., Ltd, China Merchants Securities and Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. Skills: STATA, EVIEWS, Microsoft Office Suite Language: Mandarin (Fluent)
	Rene Livas	Interests: International trade, Public Policy Experience: Research Analyst at the Economic Research Department in Banco de Mexico. Specialized in forecasts for economic activity; estimated impact of trade policy uncertainty over export and investment decisions. Research Assistant at the World Bank (Mexico City office) BA in Economics (Highest honors) from Universidad Iberoamericana; Certificate in International Management from Stanford University. Skills: Stata (advanced), EViews, Matlab, R, and LaTeX
	Vicky Luo	Interests: Econometrics, Urban Economics, International Economics Experiences: B.A. Economics, New York University CITIC Securities IBD Intern, Hangzhou, China Skills: Python, R Statistics, MS Suite
	Bryan McCann	Interests: Public policy, global development, land economics Experiences: Management consultant at Oliver Wyman, experience in Finance and Risk, Public Policy, and Retail Externship at One Acre Fund in Kenya Bachelor of Commerce (First Class Hon.) Queen’s University (semester abroad at Singapore Management University); internships at Deloitte and Mars Inc. Skills: Advanced Excel and PowerPoint, SQL
	Prema Narasimhan	Interests: Development Economics, Econometrics, Public Policy, Environmental economics Experience: B.A (Honours) Economics, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi Research intern in the Telangana Chambers of Commerce, India; studied impact of hike in power tariffs on the industry (special focus on steel, ferro alloy and MSMEs) Skills: Excel, STATA(learning) and R(learning) Fluent in English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil
	Maxine Ow	Interests: Real Estate Financing, Infrastructure Financing Experience: B.S. in Economics (Finance), Minor in Psychology from Duke University, Summa Cum Laude Summer Analyst in CMBS Originations, J.P. Morgan Investment Bank, New York City Skills: R, Stata, Python Fluent in Mandarin (Chinese) and English
	Selen Ozdogan	Experience: BA in Economics from Bogazici University; Erasmus + Mobility Program at Bocconi University, Internships at UNDESA/DPADM (New York), UNDP (Ankara), Deloitte Consulting (Istanbul), Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (Ankara)
	Aishwarya Patil	Experience: Tata Capital Financial Services Ltd. - 2 years in Finance and 1 year in the Emerging Leaders Program in Risk & Strategy (Analysis of urban local bodies in India for funding clean technology projects.) B.A. in Economics (honors) and Statistics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, India Skills: Strong analytical and software (R, STATA (learning), Microsoft Office) skills.
	Hassan Saad	Interests: Public Policy, Development Economics, Energy Economics, Econometrics Experience: Vassar College: B.A. in Economics and Mathematics (Correlate), Ford Scholar, RA in the Economics Department (Inter-generational impact of a family planning and child healthcare RCT in Bangladesh) Financial Product Specialist at Morningstar, Inc, Summer Financial Analyst at Insitor Impact Asia Fund; Extensive research and analysis of Pakistan’s low-income housing and energy sectors. Skills: R, STATA, LaTeX and Markdown. Fluent in English and Urdu.
	Navreen Sandhu	Interests: Monetary policy, Financial markets Experiences: Thematic research analyst at Goldman Sachs - focus on global equity opportunities with exposure to macro trends BSc Economics (First Class Hon.) from LSE Skills: Advanced Excel and PowerPoint, STATA
	Rituparna Sanyal	Interests: Global inequality, Social mobility, Poverty alleviation, Experience: BA (Honours) Economics, University of Delhi Internships at Centre for Public Policy (IIM Bangalore), Centre for Civil Society, Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, Samvidh Centre for Educational and Psychological Services Skills: Microsoft Office, Photoshop, STATA English, Hindi, Bengali
	Koki Sera	Interests: Macroeconomics, Development Economics, International Finance Experiences: Staff Member at Bank of Japan, experience in Banking supervision, Regional Economist, Statistician for balance of payments, and International Finance. B.A. in Economics from Hitotsubashi University Skills: Advanced EXCEL, VBA, R (learning), STATA(learning)
	Parshv Shah	Click to view Linked-In Profile
	Kevin Shanahan	Current job: Head of Product at Memrise Past experience: Head of Growth at Peak, Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
	Nikita Sharma	Interests: Education, Gender, Poverty Experience: Pursued B.A. Economics (Hons.) at Miranda House, University of Delhi, India Conducted a research project on factors affecting female dropout rates in urban poor settlements of Delhi; Editorial Team Lead at Qrius (formerly The Indian Economist) Skills: STATA, Microsoft Office, Wordpress Fluent in English, Hindi and German (Intermediate)
	Yasuka Tateishi	Interests: Political economy of development, Economic analysis of conflict, Development/humanitarian aid Experiences: MSc Development Studies from LSE / Bachelor of Liberal Arts from the University of Tokyo (International Relations major) / Undergraduate exchange program at Sciences Po Paris. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Internship at the World Food Programme (WFP), Ghana Country Office in Accra. Skills: STATA, LaTeX, Adobe Illustrator Lauguages: English, French (DALF C1), Japanese (native)
	Wen Wen Teh	Interests: International Development, Behavioural Economics, Health Economics, Public Policy Experience: B.S. in Neuroscience with a second major in Economics (General and Departmental Honours) from Johns Hopkins University Intern at the Centre for Public Policy Studies, Malaysia; Research intern at the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit looking at the cost of injuries in Vietnam; Research assistant at the Motion Analysis Lab at the Kennedy Krieger Institute conducting neuroeconomics experiments Skills: MATLAB, Stata, Microsoft Office, Adobe Illustrator Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Malay, working proficiency in French
	Yuan Tian	Past Experiences:BSc Economics from LSE (First Class Honours);Summer intern at JP Morgan Chase & Co (London Office) Skills: STATA, EXCEL VBA, R Languages: Mandarin, English, Arabic (Elementary level)
	Supraja Vadlamani	Interests: Development Policy, Poverty Alleviation Experience: B.A. Honors (Summa Cum Laude) Economics, York University, Toronto. Semester abroad at Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University of Rotterdam. Worked as a financial analyst for Cabinet Office, the Government of Ontario facilitating government procurement activities and inter-ministry finances. Skills: Stata, Excel Fluent in English, Hindi and Telugu
	Bella Yao
	Dolly Yu	Interests: Development Economics, Industrial Organizations, Econometrics, Public Policy Experience: B.S. in Economics and Statistics (Honours) from University of Toronto, Canada. Assistant to supervisor in Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Internship at Chang’an International Trust Co,. Ltd. Research on price elasticity of demand of cigarettes in different tiers of cities in China. Skills: STATA, R, Excel Chinese (Native), English (Fluent), Spanish (Intermediate), Korean (Elementary)
	Hans Zhu	Interests: Development Economics, Public Policy, Chinese economy Experience: B.A. in Economics and History from Brandeis (summa cum laude) Senior thesis on China’s transport infrastructure investment and economic growth. RA at China Renmin University International Monetary Institute: Research on RMB internationalization, local government debt, and monetary policy. RA and TAship at Brandeis University: East Asian history. Skills: Stata, Excel, Research English (fluent) ; Chinese (native) ; Japanese (intermediate)