Advising

I advise PhD students in the Department of Economics at Northwestern, primarily on dissertation work in econometrics, and I also serve on dissertation committees more broadly. Students interested in working with me should consult the guidelines for prospective advisees. Current students considering econometrics are welcome to stop by my office to talk. I also encourage interested students to participate in the Econometrics Reading Group (ERG), and students working with me are expected to take an active part in the Econometrics Mentoring Group (EMG).

Current Advisees

Active PhD students at Northwestern Economics.

Will Firmin

Will Firmin

3rd Year

Ben Krueger

Ben Krueger

4th Year

Hongchang Guo

Hongchang Guo

4th Year

Eleftheria Kelekidou

Eleftheria Kelekidou

5th Year

Zhen Xie

Zhen Xie

6th Year

Kenneth Fu

Kenneth Fu

7th Year

PhD Alumni

23 graduates, listed with committee role and first placement.

2026
Federico Crippa Chair UC Berkeley
Danil Fedchenko Chair University of Melbourne
Shuyan Huang Chair
Bruno Fava Member Stanford Postdoc & CEMFI
2025
Filip Obradovic Co-Chair UCLA
Amílcar Vélez Co-Chair Cornell University
2024
Ahnaf Rafi Co-Chair University of Virginia
Deborah Kim Chair University of Warwick
2023
Yong Cai Chair BFI Postdoc & University of Wisconsin–Madison
2021
Isaac Loh Member UNC Wilmington
2020
Joseph Hardwick Chair University of Chicago
Ryan Lee Chair Bates and White
2019
Max Tabord-Meehan Chair University of Chicago
2018
Eric Mbakop Chair University of Calgary
Vishal Kamat Chair BFI Postdoc & Toulouse School of Economics
2017
Sofya Budanova Chair ICEF, Moscow
Sergey Gitlin Co-Chair Uber
2016
Yi Sun Chair University of Sydney
2015
Shruti Sinha Co-Chair Toulouse School of Economics
2014
Arkadiusz Szydłowski Co-Chair University of Leicester
2013
Joachim Freyberger Member University of Wisconsin–Madison
Matt Masten Member Duke University
2010
Maria Ponomareva Member University of Western Ontario