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Immersed in MIT Sloan's distinctive culture, upcoming graduates are poised to innovate in management research and education.

Placement Officers
Accounting: Nemit Shroff
Economic Sociology: Ezra Zuckerman Sivan
Finance: David Thesmar
Information Technology: Abdullah Almaatouq
Institute for Work and Employment Research: Erin Kelly
System Dynamics: Hazhir Rahmandad
Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management: Danielle Li

Fabio da Silva Soares

Research group: Accounting
Previous degrees: B.A. Economics and Mathematics, Carleton College
fbsoares@mit.edu

Cathy DiGennaro

Research group: System Dynamics
Previous degree: B.A. Neuroscience, Wellesley College
cdigenna@mit.edu

Lei Huang

Research group: Marketing
Previous degrees: B.S. Information Management and Information Systems, & B.A. Law, M. Econ; Tsinghua University
Research interests:  AI, Machine Learning, Economic Theory, Field Experiments, Deployment
Advisor: Juanjuan Zhang
leihuang@mit.edu
Lei's Website

Jason Kim

Research group: Accounting
Previous Degree: B.B.A Business Administration, Seoul National University; M.S. Business Administration, Seoul National University
gwanhee@mit.edu
Jason's LinkedIn Profile

Zelin (James) Li

Research group: Marketing
Previous degrees: B.A. Applied Mathematics and Statistics, University of California; M.S. Statistics, Stanford University
jameszli@mit.edu

Chen Liang

Research group: Economic Sociology
Previous degrees: B.A. Public Policy, University of Michigan; M.A. Computational Social Science, University of Chicago
Research interests: Group Dynamics, Political Polarization, and Lobbying Process; Social Network Analysis, Natural Language Processing, and Agent-Based Modeling
bjcliang@mit.edu

Jiageng Liu

Research group: Finance
Previous degrees: B.S. Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles; M.S. Statistics, University of Chicago
Research interests: Cryptocurrency, Entrepreneurship, Asset Pricing
Advisors: Antoinette Schoar, Igor Makarov, Juan Antolín-Díaz 
jiageng@mit.edu
Jiageng's Website

Benjamin Manning

Research Group: Information Technology
Previous degrees: B.A. Applied Mathematics, Washington University in St. Louis; M.P.P. Social Policy & Statistics, Harvard Kennedy School
Research interests: AI Behavioral Science, Applied AI, Market Design, Behavioral & Experiential Economics
Advisor: John Horton
bmanning@mit.edu
Benjamin's Website 

Giuditta Perinelli

Research group: Finance
Previous degrees: B.S. Finance, Bocconi University; M.S. Economics, Bocconi University and Keio University
Research interests: Macro-Finance, Corporate Finance, Banking, Behavioral Finance
Advisors: David Thesmar, Emil Verner, Jonathan Parker
gperinel@mit.edu
Giuditta's Website

Soohyun Roh

Research group: Institute for Work and Employment Research
Previous degrees: B.A. Economics and Sociology, Seoul National University; M.A. Sociology, Seoul National University​
Research interests: Wage Inequality, Technological Change and the Future of Work, Labor Market, Comparative Political Economy
rohs@mit.edu

Brad R. Turner

Research group: Economic Sociology
Previous degrees: B.S. Economics, Syracuse University; M.A. Social Science, University of Chicago
Research interests: Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Market Strategy, Valuation, Narrative Theory
Advisors: Ezra Zuckerman Sivan, Susan Silbey, Fiona Murray
bradley1@mit.edu
Brad's Website

Arya Yadama

Research group: System Dynamics
Previous degree: B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
Research interests: Organizational Production of Inequality, Economic Mobility, Low-Wage Work, Dynamic Modeling, Gender Pay Gaps
Advisors: Hazhir Rahmandad, Erin Kelly, Emilio Castilla, John Sterman
yadama@mit.edu