{"id":738,"date":"2024-04-16T16:46:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T16:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.som.yale.edu\/jameschoi\/?page_id=738"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:32:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:32:42","slug":"former-students-and-ras","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.som.yale.edu\/jameschoi\/former-students-and-ras\/","title":{"rendered":"Advisees and Former RAs"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been privileged to work with an amazing group of students and research assistants over the years.<\/p>\n

Doctoral student advisees
\n<\/strong>Graduation year, name, role, first placement<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ongoing<\/td>\nDong Huang (committee chair)
\nPengcheng Liu (committee chair)
\nDolly Yu (committee chair)
\nTania Diaz-Bazan (committee member)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2025<\/td>\nBelisa Pang<\/a> (J.D.\/Ph.D., committee chair), University of Michigan Law School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>\nCanyao Liu (committee member), Hudson River Trading (HRT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nKevin Zhao<\/a> (committee member), Office of Financial Research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nNatalie Zhu<\/a> (committee member), Edelman Financial Engines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nTaha Choukhmane<\/a> (committee chair), MIT
\nBen Matthies<\/a> (committee member), Notre Dame<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nCameron Peng<\/a> (committee member), London School of Economics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nSean Hundtofte<\/a> (committee member), New York Fed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nChristopher Fiore (committee member), Compass Lexecon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nBjorn Johnson (committee member), DePaul University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nUsman Ali (committee member), Falcon Investment Management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\nFull-time predoctoral research assistants
\n<\/strong>Final year of employment, name, first placement<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2026<\/td>\nMarcos Hirai, MIT economics Ph.D.
\nXinyue (Georgiana) Liang, UCLA predoc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2025<\/td>\nRichard Lombardo, Harvard economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024<\/td>\nSantiago Medina Pizarro, Harvard economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>\nJordan Cammarota, Berkeley economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>\nSeung Hyeong Lee<\/a>, Northwestern economics Ph.D.
\nJessica Brooks, Montrose School, math teacher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nHarry Kosowsky, NYU Stern economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nSachet Bangia, Harvard public policy Ph.D.
\nJustin Katz<\/a>, Harvard business economics Ph.D.
\nKartik Vira<\/a>, MIT economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nRoss Chu, Berkeley economics Ph.D.
\nLea Nagel<\/a>, Stanford economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nEdward Kong<\/a>, Harvard M.D.\/economics Ph.D.
\nOmeed Maghzian<\/a>, Harvard economics Ph.D.
\nCharlie Rafkin<\/a>, MIT economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nJonathan Cohen<\/a>, MIT economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nPeter Maxted<\/a>, Harvard economics Ph.D
\nSean Wang<\/a>, MIT economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nJoshua Hurwitz, Harvard economics Ph.D.
\nLayne Kirshon, MIT economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>\nChristopher Clayton<\/a>, Harvard economics Ph.D.
\nColin Gray<\/a>, MIT economics Ph.D.
\nAlexandra Steiny Wellsjo<\/a>, Berkeley economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nAndrew Chong, PicWell, data analyst
\nDaniel Norris, Percolate, software engineer
\nMichael Puempel, Yale economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nLuca Maini<\/a>, Harvard economics Ph.D.
\nJung Sakong<\/a>, University of Chicago Booth economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nJohn Klopfer<\/a>, Princeton economics Ph.D.
\nBrendan Price<\/a>, MIT economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nYeguang Chi<\/a>, University of Chicago Booth financial economics Ph.D.
\nBen Hebert<\/a>, Harvard business economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nEric Zwick<\/a>, Harvard business economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nChristina Jenq<\/a>, University of Chicago Booth economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nGabriel Carroll<\/a>, MIT economics Ph.D.
\nIan Dew-Becker<\/a>, Harvard economics Ph.D.
\nNeel Rao<\/a>, Harvard economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nDavid Borden, Goldman Sachs, associate
\nAnanya Chakravarti<\/a>, University of Chicago history Ph.D.
\nKeith Marzilli Ericson<\/a>, Harvard economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nHongyi Li<\/a>, Harvard business economics Ph.D.
\nChris Nosko, Harvard economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nCarlos Caro, Columbia economics Ph.D.
\nJean Lee<\/a>, Harvard economics Ph.D.
\nHolly Ming, Harvard public policy Ph.D.
\nLaura Serban, Harvard business economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nNelson Uhan<\/a>, MIT operations research Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nLucia Chung, MIT Sloan MBA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\nUndergraduate research assistants
\n<\/strong>List only includes those who went on to a doctoral program
\n<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
John Beshears<\/a>, Harvard business economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kyle Chauvin<\/a>, Princeton economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Friedman<\/a>, Harvard economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jay Garg<\/a>, Harvard business economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irene Guo, Northwestern Kellogg managerial economics and strategy Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shih En Lu<\/a>, Harvard economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parag Pathak<\/a>, Harvard business economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Janelle Schlossberger, Harvard business economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raphael Schoenle<\/a>, Princeton economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kelly Shue<\/a>, Harvard economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dmitry Taubinsky<\/a>, Harvard economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vod Vilfort<\/a>, MIT economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brian Weller<\/a>, University of Chicago financial economics Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been privileged to work with an amazing group of students and research assistants over the years. Doctoral student advisees Graduation year, name, role, first placement Ongoing Dong Huang (committee chair) Pengcheng Liu (committee chair) Dolly Yu (committee chair) Tania Diaz-Bazan (committee member) 2025 Belisa Pang (J.D.\/Ph.D., committee chair), University of Michigan Law School […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-738","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.som.yale.edu\/jameschoi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.som.yale.edu\/jameschoi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.som.yale.edu\/jameschoi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.som.yale.edu\/jameschoi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.som.yale.edu\/jameschoi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.som.yale.edu\/jameschoi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":881,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.som.yale.edu\/jameschoi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/738\/revisions\/881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.som.yale.edu\/jameschoi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}