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Accounting
Students in the Accounting research group study topics such as accounting anomalies, alpha generation, arbitrage limits, empirical asset pricing, financial econometrics and options.
Accounting PhD Students
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Fabio da Silva Soares
B.A. Economics and Mathematics
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Chuck Downing
B.S. Accounting
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Zoe Yuxin Han
B.B.A. Accountancy and ACMS
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David Sunghyo Kim
B.A. Business Administration and Economics; M.S. Business Administration
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Jason Kim
B.B.A Business Administration, M.S. Business Administration
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B.S. Math, Economics & Statistics
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Yuting Wang
B.A. Accounting
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Wendy Wen
B.A. Management, Accounting
Learn MoreCindy Zhang
B.S. Accountancy; B.S. Finance; M.S. Statistics
Learn MoreEconomic Sociology
Our Economic Sociology students research topics such as organizational learning in the public sector, social network analysis and its intersection with contract theory, institutional analysis, organizational change, and financialization.
Economic Sociology PhD Students
![Hajar El Fatihi](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_detail_headshot/public/2022-09/El-Fatihi_Hajar_220901_web.jpg?h=e0f43d22&itok=aWHZnWhO)
Hajar El Fatihi
B.A. Applied Mathematics, M.A. Sociology,
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Moksh Garg
BMS Finance, MBA
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Tatiana Labuzova
B.A. International Relations; M.A. Economics
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Chen Liang
B.A. Public Policy; M.A. Computational Social Science
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Audrey Mang
B.S. Mathematics
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Eppa Rixey
B.S.E. Mechanical Engineering; MBA
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Mikaela Springsteen
M.A. Sociology with Quantitative Methods
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Zach Tan
B.A. Social Studies, M.Sc. Social Science of the Internet
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Bradley Turner
B.S. Economics; M.A. Social Science
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Victoria Zhang
B.A. Political Science and French
Learn MoreFinance
Our Finance students research topics such as asset pricing, behavioral finance, corporate finance, empirical asset pricing, executive compensation, financial inclusion, financial econometrics, financial intermediation, financial macroeconomics, household finance, industrial organization, labor and finance, market microstructure, macro-finance, and macroeconomics.
Finance PhD Students
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Patrick Adams
B.A. Economics and Mathematics/Statistics
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Enzo Bastos Profili
B.S. Industrial Engineering and Economics
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Quentin Batista
B.A. Economics and Finance; M.A. Economics
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Marta Bilghese
B.S. Finance, M.A. Economics
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Monroe Gamble
B.S. Business Administration
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Brice Green
B.A. Economics, M.A. Economics
Learn MoreInformation Technology
Our Information Technology students research topics such as AI and the future of work, applied machine learning, causal inference, computational social science, economics of digitization, economics of information technology, econometrics and machine learning, intangible capital, networks, online marketplace design, productivity, and social networks.
Information Technology PhD Students
![Mohammed Alsobay](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_detail_headshot/public/2022-09/Alsobay_Mohammed_220915_web.jpg?h=ead9b20d&itok=cIVxGM7F)
Mohammed Alsobay
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering; M.Sc. Applied Math and Computational Science
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Michael Caosun
B.S. Mathematics; B.A. Economics
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Justin Kaashoek
B.A. Applied Mathematics
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Benjamin Manning
B.A. Applied Mathematics; M.P.P. Social Policy & Statistics
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Hirotaka Miura
B.S. Mathematics/Economics; M.A. Mathematics of Finance
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Robin Na
B.S. Physics; B.A. Knowledge Ecology
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Anand Shah
B.S. Mathematics and B.A. Economics
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Peyman Shahidi
B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, M.A. Economics
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Jaeyoon Song
B.B.A. Business Administration
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Hong-Yi Tu Ye
B.A. Economics; M.Sc. Computational Statistics and Machine Learning
Learn MoreInstitute for Work and Employment Research
Students in the Institute for Work and Employment Research group study topics such as behavioral science, comparative employment relations, labor economics, labor standards in global value chains, political economy, subjective well-being, worker grievances and voice, and working time arrangements in organizations.
IWER PhD Students
![Soohyun Roh](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_detail_headshot/public/2021-08/soohyun.jpg?h=7b9e4ac6&itok=p5gJU01y)
Soohyun Roh
B.A. Economics and Sociology; M.A. Sociology
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K. MacKenzie Scott
B.A. Economics and French; M.P.A.
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Di Tong
B.A. English Language and Literature; M.A. Computational Social Science
Learn MoreMarketing
Our Marketing students research topics such as Applied Machine Learning, Computational Social Science, NLP, New Product Development, Online Marketplaces, and Quantitative Marketing.
Marketing PhD Students
Cathy Xi Chen
B.S. Psychology, Economics, and Statistics; M.A. Computational Social Science
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Jason Du
B.B.A. Accounting; M.S.M.S Accounting
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Lei Huang
M. Econ; B.S. Information Management and Information Systems; B.A. Law
Learn MoreZelin (James) Li
B.A. Applied Mathematics and Statistics; M.S. Statistics
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Chengfeng Mao
B.S. Computer Engineering; M.S. Computer Science
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Cameron Martel
B.S. Cognitive Science
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Reed Orchinik
B.A. Economics
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Hongshen Sun
B.Eng. Engineering Physics, M.S. Operations Research
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Joshua White
LL.B. Law & BCom. Finance, LL.M. Law, Grad. Dip. Psych. & Advanced Psych.
Learn MoreOrganization Studies
Our Organization Studies students research topics such as artificial intelligence, changing nature of work inside established firms in a digital context, crowdsourcing, decision making, future of work, groups and teams, future of work, teams, & visual technologies.
Organization Studies PhD Students
![Laura Changlan Wang](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_detail_headshot/public/2022-09/Wang%2C%20Laura.jpg?h=34b1fe64&itok=znYCfkvE)
Laura Changlan Wang
B.A. Psychology & Statistics
Learn MoreAlan Zhang
B.A. Neuroscience and Healthcare Management; M.S. Customer Analytics
Learn MoreSystem Dynamics
Our System Dynamics students research topics such as autonomous and alternative fuel vehicles, behavioral operations management, consumer product development, cost of product failure and product recall dynamics, energy industry management, government policy, & firm strategy.
System Dynamics PhD Students
![Cathy DiGennaro](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_detail_headshot/public/2022-09/DiGennaro_Cathy_220915_web.jpg?h=63c6bd69&itok=-QK6ajn1)
Cathy DiGennaro
B.A. Neuroscience
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Jason Friedman
M.S. Data Science, B.A. Mathematics
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Alexander Kuptel
B.A. Economics & Philosophy
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Arya Yadama
B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering
Learn MoreTechnological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management
Students in the Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management group study topics such as Entrepreneurship, Human Capital, Incentives, Innovation, Innovation Economics, Intellectual Property, M&A, Strategic Management, Strategy.
TIES PhD Students
![Alexis Haughey](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_detail_headshot/public/2023-01/1.jpg?h=4e259623&itok=uLL3aiAL)
Alexis Haughey
S.B. Mechanical Engineering, MIT
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Luca Gius
B.Econ. Economics and Business, University of Pisa
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Christina Nguyen
A.B. Sociology, Harvard College
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Laura Shupp
B.S. Economics, Pennsylvania State University
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Randol Yao
B.A. Economics, University of California, Berkeley
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