Recent PhD placements
We congratulate our graduate students on their excellent placements.
2022
Maria Alsina Pujols
Post-Doc, ETH Zurich
Sara Bagagli
Post-Doc, Harvard University
Luca Bagnato
Post-Doc, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Jacob Miller
Quant/Data Scientist UBS
Veda Narasimhan
NYU Abu Dhabi, Assistant Professor
Ursina Schaede
MIT Post-Doc; then Assistant Professor Tufts University
Sili Zhang
Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Assistant Professor
2021
Emanuele Dicarlo
Research Interests: Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics
First Placement: Bank of Italy, Research Expert
Elisa Macchi
Research Interests: Development and Experimental Economics
First Placement: MIT, Post-Doc then Assistant Professor Brown
Xiaoyue Shan
Research Interests: Labor Economics, Behavioral Economics, Applied Microeconomics
First Placement: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Post-Doc
Dora Simon
Research Interests: International Trade, Environmental Economics
First Placement: University of Stavanger, Assistant Professor
Michael Stiefel
First Placement: d-fine, Consultant
Kremena Valkanova
Research Interests: Microeconomic Theory, Decision Theory, Behavioral Economics, Game Theory
First Placement: D-MTEC, ETH, Post-Doc
2020
Julia Grünseis
First Placement: Deloitte, Human Capital-Consultant
Andreas Haller
Research Interests: Labor Economics, Public Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Health Economics
First Placement: NHH Bergen, Assistant Professor
Florian Schneider
Research Interests: Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Organizational Economics, Labor Economics, Microeconomics
First Placement: University of Zurich, Post-Doc
Aleksei Smirnov
Research Interests: Applied Microeconomic Theory, Dynamic Games of Information Transmission, Learning and Reputation Building
First Placement: Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Assistant Professor
Vladimir Sulaja
First Placement: BIT Capital, Quantitative Analyst
Juliette Thibaud
Research Interests: Development Economics, Economics of Education
First Placement: Boston Analysis Group, Associate
Max Winkler
Research Interests: Labor Economics, Political Economy
First Placement: Harvard, Post-Doc
Christian Zünd
Research Interests: Applied Microeconomics, Behavioral Economics, Behavioral Genetics, Field Experiments
First Placement: Marshall Wace, Quantitative Researcher
2019
Caroline Chuard
First Placement: AXA, Business Analyst Ecosystem Life & Health
Lachlan Deer
Research Interests: Quantitative Marketing, Digital Marketing, Social Media, Applied Econometrics, Text as Data, Media & Entertainment Industries
First Placement: Chicago Booth, Post-Doc
Sebastian Dörr
Research Interests: Finance, Macroeconomics
First Placement: Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Economist
Giacomin Favre
First Placement: Swiss Re, Graduate Economic Valuation Analyst
Arber Fazlija
First Placement: UBS, Risk Modeling and Analytics Specialist
Yi-Shan Lee
Research Interests: Experimental and Behavioral Economics, Decision Sciences, Information Economics, Microeconomics
Finance, Macroeconomics
First Placement: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Assistant Professor
Shuo Liu
Research Interests: Microeconomic Theory
First Placement: Peking University, Guanghua School of Management, Assistant Professor
Harald Mayr
First Placement: ETH Zurich, Senior Researcher
Lilia Ruslanova
Research Interests: International Macroeconomics and Finance, Monetary Economics, Banking Regulation, Housing Markets, Economic Development, Economic Growth
First Placement: University of Zurich, Post-Doc
Tong Zhang
Research Interests: Macrofinance, Financial Economics
First Placement: BI Norwegian Business School, Assistant Professor
2018
Stefan Bruder
Research Interests: Time Series Econometrics, Bootstrap Methods, Forecasting, Multiple Testing, Financial Econometrics
First Placement: Credit Suisse: Quantitative Risk Modeler
Lea-Kathrin Heursen
Research Interests: Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics and Organizational Economics
First Placement: Humboldt University of Berlin: PostDoc
Guangyu Pei
Research Interests: Primary: Macroeconomics. Business Cycles. Information Economics, Coordination Games with Incomplete Information
First Placement: The Chinese University of Hong Kong: Assistant Professor (tenure track)
Tobias Renkin
Research Interests:
First Placement: Danmarks Nationalbank: Researcher
Daphné Skandalis
Research Interests: Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics
First Placement: Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Researcher
2017
Andreas Kettemann
Research Interests: Job Search and Matching Theory, Applied Microeconometrics
First Placement: Credit Suisse: UBS: Quantitative Risk Analyst
Liu Liu
Research Interests: Primary: Economic Growth and Development, (Quantitative) Macroeconomics, Political Economy, Dynamic Games, Cultural Economics, Chinese Economy
First Placement: WZB Berlin Social Science Center: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Chloé Michel
Research Interests: Health Economics, Consumer Behavior, Empirical Industrial Organization
First Placement: Swiss Re: Behavioral Research Analyst
Current Placement: Credit Suisse: Assistant Vice President, Analytics and Data Science
Florian Schaffner
Research Interests: Applied Econometrics, Microeconomics, Internet Economics
First Placement: Credit Suisse: Assistant Vice President, Analytics and Data Science
2016
Tobias Gesche
Research Interests: Applied Microeconomics and Behavioral Economics
First Placement: ETH Zurich, Center for Law & Economics: Post-Doctoral Researcher
Steve Heinke
Research Interests:
First Placement: University of Basel: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current Placement: University of Basel: Assistent/Postdoc Economic Psychology
Kunz Johannes
Research Interests: Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics, Labour, Health, Education
First Placement: Monash University: Research Fellow
Igor Letina
Research Interests: Applied Microeconomic Theory
First Placement: University of Bern: Assistant Professor
Current Placement: University of Bern: Assistant Professor Microecnomics
Yagiz Özdemir
Research Interests:
First Placement: McKinsey & Company: Consultant
Andràs Péchy
Research Interests:
First Placement: Accenture Analytics: Consultant
Philippe Ruh
Research Interests:
First Placement: Sanitas Health Insurance: Analyst
Rahel Studer-Suter
Research Interests: Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Incentives, Microeconomics, Motivation, Online Community Management, Personnel Economics, Strategy
First Placement: Department of Health of the Canton of Zurich: Economist/Tariff Manager
Yingnan Zhao
Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Financial Economics, Firm Dynamics
First Placement: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE): Assistant Professor
2015
Beatrice Baier Kraus
Research Interests: Applied Macroeconomics
First Placement: Swiss National Bank: Economist
Andreas Beerli
Research Interests: Labor Economics
First Placement: ETH Zurich: Post-Doctoral Researcher
Lea Cassar
Research Interests:
First Placement: University of Cologne: Assistant Professor
Current Placement: University of Cologne: Junior Professor
Samuel Cudré
Research Interests: Chinese Economy, Global Imbalances, Empirical Macroeconomics, International Economics
First Placement: McKinsey & Company: Research Analyst
Florian Engl
Research Interests: Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Behavioral Ethics, Study of Institutions
First Placement: University of Cologne: Assistant Professor
Current Placement: University of Cologne: Junior Professor
Joël Floris
Research Interests: Anthropometric history, economic, health and social history of Switzerland, history of statistics, quantitative economic history, demography
First Placement: University of Zurich: Post-Doctoral Researcher
Current Placement: University of Zurich: Institute of Evolutionary Medicine
Jana Gallus
Research Interests: Behavioral Economics, Strategy, Innovation, Incentives, Motivation and Performance, Personnel Economics, Online Economy
First Placement: University of Harvard: PostDoc
Current Placement: UCLA: Assistant Professor
Jan-Aaron Klaassen
Research Interests: Economic History
First Placement: Federal Office for the Environment: Research Associate
Current Placement: Federal Office for the Environment: Environmental Policy Advisor
Arnd Heinrich Klein
Research Interests: Applied Microeconomics
First Placement: Swiss Competition Commission: Economist
Current Placement: Cornerstone Research: Economist/Associate
Sabrina Studer Thürlimann
Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Financial Economics and Development, Structural Change, Financialization
First Placement: Lupa Textiles: Team Leader Tech & Logistics
2014
Simon Alder
Research Interests: Economic Growth and Development, Macroeconomics, Trade, Applied Econometrics, Political Economy
First Placement: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Assistant Professor of Economics
Stefan Notz
Research Interests: International Macroeconomics, International Finance, Advanced Econometrics, Time Series Econometrics, Asset Pricing, Banking Economics
First Placement: TALOS Management Consultants: Senior Consultant
Current Placement: Credit Suisse: Senior Quantitative Analyst
Peter Rosenkranz
Research Interests: DSGE Modeling, Business Cycles, Emerging Markets, Time Series Econometrics, Quantitative Economic History
First Placement: European Central Bank: Market Infrastructure Expert
Current Placement: Asian Development Bank, Philippines: Economist
Lasse Steiner
Research Interests: Cultural Economics, World Heritage, Museum Pricing, Job Satisfaction of Artists
First Placement: Simon-Kucher & Partners: Senior Consultant
Current Placement: Tamedia: Senior Consultant Project Development
Andreas Steinhauer
Research Interests: Labour, Family Economics
First Placement: The University of Edinburgh: Lecturer in Economics
André Volk
Research Interests: Microeconomics
First Placement: Allianz Suisse: Senior Consultant
Yikai Wang
Research Interests: Quantitative Macro, Macro Labor, Political Economy, Chinese Economy
First Placement: University of Oslo, Department of Economics: Assistant Professor
Franziska Josefine Weiss
Research Interests: Macroeconomics
First Placement: UBS: Project Officer
Current Placement: Accenture: Manager Management Consulting Financial Services
Tony Brett Williams
Research Interests: Stata, Social Psychology, Experimental Economics, Statistical Modeling, Program Evaluation
First Placement: The University of Maastricht: Assistant Professor
Current Placement: The Stars Group: Senior Manager for Consumer Behaviour, Social Gaming Division
2013
Gregori Bätschmann
Research Interests: Applied Econometrics, Subjective Well-Being
First Placement: Baloise Insurance: Product & Market Analyst
Claudia Bernasconi
Research Interests: Economic Data and Development in Emerging Markets
First Placement: Swiss Life
Current Placement: Swiss Life: Asset Manager, Senior Economist
Beatrice Brunner
Research Interests: Applied Microeconomics
First Placement: Winterthur Institute of Health Economics: Senior Health Economist
Reto Cueni
Research Interests: Forecasting and the Question of Behavioural and Institutional Biases
First Placement: CREMA Institute Zurich: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current Placement: Vontobel Asset Management: Senior Economist
Patrizia Feubli
Research Interests: Data Analytics, Modelling, Text Mining in Online Data and Online Marketing
First Placement: Credit Suisse: Senior Economist
Current Placement: AFO Marketing AG: Senior Data Scientist
Sebastian Findeisen
Research Interests: Public Economics, Macroeconomics
First Placement: University of Mannheim: Assistant Professor of Economics
Andreas Kohler
Research Interests: International Economics, Policy Evaluation
First Placement: Agroscope (Swiss centre of excellence for agricultural research): Senior Economist
Andreas Müller
Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Public Finance, Political Economy, Economic Growth and Development, International Economics
First Placement: University of Oslo: Assistant Professor
Current Placement: University of Essex, Department of Economics: Lecturer
Adrian Rohner
Research Interests: Economics and Politics of Innovation
First Placement: State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI: Scientific Advisor
Current Placement: ETH Zurich: Research Coordinator
Raphael Adrian Studer
Research Interests: Econometrics
First Placement: BKW Energie AG: Analyst Operations Research
Current Placement: algrano AG (startup): Co-Founder, Finance and Sales