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RPs are often graduates of bachelor’s or master’s programs in the quantitative social sciences, though Booth’s capacious and interdisciplinary research means that many RPs have mathematics, psychology, or engineering backgrounds. PRs possess a PhD, and they collaborate with faculty on their research.

Our current RPs and PRs can be found below. To see a list of current openings, visit Join Our Team.

Research Professionals

These one- to two-year positions help many RPs move into top-tier PhD programs at business schools or in the social sciences. Some RPs choose to begin careers in industry or the public sector as researchers or data scientists.

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Thomas Barry

BCom | University of Melbourne
Faculty group | Accounting
Faculty supervisors | Michael Minnis and Maximilian Muhn  

Thomas Barry
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Alex Blumenfeld

BA | Boston University
Faculty group | Macroeconomics
Faculty supervisors | Christina Patterson and Joseph Vavra  

Alex Blumenfeld
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Marek Bojko

BS | University of Glasgow
MPhil | University of Cambridge
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisors | Thomas Wollmann and Milena Almagro 

Marek Bojko
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Tim Cejka

BA | University of Manchester
MSc | London School of Economics
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisor | Pascal Noel

Tim Cejka
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Bo-Yu Ian Chen

BA | National Taiwan University
MA | National Taiwan University
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisors | Richard Hornbeck and Anders Humlum

Bo-Yu Ian Chen
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Boyie Chen

BA | National Cheng-Chi University
MA | National Taiwan University
Faculty group | Accounting
Faculty supervisor | Charles McClure

Boyie Chen
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Eva Chen

BA | The University of Hong Kong
Faculty group | Marketing, Behavioral
Faculty supervisors | Daniel Bartels and Shereen Chaudhry

Eva Chen
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Jieyi Chen

BA | Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
MA | The University of Chicago
Faculty group | Marketing
Faculty supervisors | Abigail Sussman and Oleg Urminsky

Jieyi Chen
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Ruoyu Chen

BA | New York University
MA | Yale University
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisor | Rebecca Dizon-Ross

Ruoyu Chen
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Pedro Correia Bezerra

BS | University of Brasilia
MS | University of Brasilia
Faculty group | Accounting
Faculty supervisor | Valeri Nikolaev

Pedro Correia Bezerra
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Carla Colina

BIE | The University of British Columbia
Faculty group | Behavioral
Faculty supervisor | Devin Pope

Carla Colina
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Katherine Daehler

BA | Northwestern University
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisor | Rebecca Dizon-Ross

Katherine Daehler
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Rupsha Debnath

BA | University of California, Berkeley
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisor | Pascal Noel

Rupsha Debnath
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Samuel Earnest

BA | Brigham Young University
Faculty group | Finance
Faculty supervisor | Constantine Yannelis

Samuel Earnest
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Jonas Enders

BSc | University of Mannheim
MSc | London School of Economics
Faculty group | Macroeconomics
Faculty supervisors: Christina Patterson and Joseph Vavra

Jonas Enders
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Ekaterina Fedorova

BA | University of California, Berkeley
Faculty group | Accounting
Faculty supervisor | Anna Costello 

Ekaterina Fedorova
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Catalina Garcia Valenzuela

BA | Dartmouth College
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisor | Jack Mountjoy

Catalina Garcia Valenzuela
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Rebecca Goldgof

BA | Cornell University
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisor | Austan Goolsbee and Chad Syverson

Rebecca Goldgof
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Baiyang Han

BA | Tsinghua University
Faculty group | Finance
Faculty supervisors | Anthony Lee Zhang, Constantine Yannelis, and Quentin Vandeweyer

Baiyang Han
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Jacob Hartwig

BA | New York University
MA | Paris School of Economics
Faculty group | Finance
Faculty supervisor | Scott Nelson

Jacob Hartwig
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Josh Hascher

BA | The Ohio State University
Faculty group | Marketing
Faculty supervisors | Alex Imas and Steph Smith

Josh Hascher
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Jason Jia

BS | London School of Economics
Faculty group | Finance
Faculty supervisors | Emanuele Colonnelli and Kilian Huber

Jason Jia
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Ji-Eon Kim

BA | Seoul National University
MS | University of Chicago
Faculty group | Accounting
Faculty supervisor | Christopher Stewart

Ji-Eon Kim
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Angelo Kisil Marino

BS | University of São Paulo
MASc | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisor | Matthew Notowidigo

Angelo Kisil Marino
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Paulina Koenig

BS | University of Amsterdam 
Faculty group | Marketing
Faculty supervisor | Alex Imas and Avner Strulov-Shlain

Paulina Koenig
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Daniel Leonard

BS | University of Tehran
MA | Paris School of Economics
Faculty group | Accounting
Faculty supervisors | Jonathan Bonham, Amoray Riggs-Cragun, Haresh Sapra

 

Daniel Leonard
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Rebecca Liu

BA | The University of Chicago
MA | The University of Chicago
Faculty group | Machine Learning
Faculty supervisor | Sanjog Misra

Rebecca Liu
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Gabriel Lobato Ramos

BS | University of Brasilia
MS | Barcelona GSE - Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Faculty group | Finance
Faculty supervisor | Emanuele Colonnelli

Gabriel Lobato Ramos
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Jiaxuan Lu

BS | University of Southern California
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisor | Richard Hornbeck and Anders Humlum

Jiaxuan Lu
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Hannah Maeder

BA | The University of Chicago
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisor | Scott Nelson

Hannah Maeder
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Aarti Malik

BA | Miranda House College, University of Delhi
MA | Delhi School of Economics
Faculty group | Accounting
Faculty supervisor | Delphine Samuels

Aarti Malik
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Tommaso Manfe

BA | Università Degli Studi di Padova
MA | Università Degli Studi di Padova
Faculty group | Finance
Faculty supervisor | Michael Weber

Tommaso Manfe
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Michael Meyer

BA | Swarthmore College
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisor | Pascal Noel

Michael Meyer
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Anh-huy Nguyen

BS | Duke University
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisor | Eric Zwick

Anh-huy Nguyen
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Gabriele Romano

BA | Bocconi University
MA | Bocconi University
Faculty group | Macroeconomics
Faculty supervisor | Elisa Rubbo

Gabriele Romano
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Esfandiar Rouhani

BA | The University of Chicago
Faculty group | Finance
Faculty supervisors | Niels Gormsen and Kilian Huber

Esfandiar Rouhani
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John Ruf

BS | Michigan Technological University
MA | The University of Chicago
Faculty group | Macroeconomics
Faculty supervisor | Jonathan Dingel

John Ruf
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Arthur Schwerz

BA | University of São Paulo (USP)
MA | São Paulo School of Economics (FGV-EESP)
Faculty group | Marketing
Faculty supervisor | Günter J. Hitsch

Arthur Schwerz
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Martin Serramo

BS | Universidad de Buenos Aires
MS | Universidad de San Andrés
Faculty group | Behavioral
Faculty supervisor | Joshua Dean

Martin Serramo
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Peyman Shahidi

BS | Sharif University of Technology
MA | Tehran Institute for Advanced Studies (TeIAS)
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisor | Eric Budish and Anthony Zhang

Peyman Shahidi
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Austin Smith

BS | University of Pennsylvania
Faculty group | Behavioral
Faculty supervisors | Erika Kirgios and Alex Koch

Austin Smith
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Zirui (Tim) Song

BS | The University of Chicago
Faculty group | Accounting
Faculty supervisors | Christian Leuz and João Granja

Zirui (Tim) Song
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John Spence

BA | Williams College
MPP | University of Chicago Harris
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisor | Pascal Noel

John Spence
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Anthony Adam Sy

BSc | University of the Philippines, Diliman
MA | University of Chicago
MSc | London School of Economics
Faculty group | Marketing
Faculty supervisors |Giovanni Compiani and Avner Strulov-Shlain

Anthony Adam Sy
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Sam Thorpe

BA | Williams College
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisor | Eric Zwick 

 

Sam Thorpe
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Anh Tran

BA | NYU
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisors | Matthew Notowidigdo, Christopher Campos

Anh Tran
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Simone Valle

BS | University of Trento
MS | Bocconi University
Faculty group | Finance
Faculty supervisor | Emanuele Colonnelli

Simone Valle
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Jizhou Wang

BA | The University of Chicago
Faculty group | Accounting
Faculty supervisor | Rimmy Tomy

 

Jizhou Wang
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Wendy Wen

BMan | Tsinghua University
Faculty group | Accounting
Faculty supervisors | Hans Christensen and Mark Maffett

Wendy Wen
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Blake Woods

BS | University of California, San Diego
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisor | Eric Zwick

Blake Woods
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Nicolas Wuthenow

BS | University of Munich
Faculty group | Finance
Faculty supervisors | Kilian Huber, Emanuele Colonnelli 

Nicolas Wuthenow
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Olivia Xiong

BA | University of Chicago
Faculty Group | Finance, Accounting
Faculty Supervisors | Emanuele Colonnelli and Thomas Rauter

Olivia Xiong
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Tarun Yadav

BA | Williams College
Faculty group | Machine Learning
Faculty supervisor | Sendhil Mullainathan

Tarun Yadav
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Zhen Yuan

MA | The University of Chicago
Faculty group | Marketing
Faculty supervisor | Bradley Shapiro

Zhen Yuan
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Jiuhe Zhang

BA | The University of Chicago
Faculty group | Microeconomics
Faculty supervisors | Richard Hornbeck and Anders Humlum

Jiuhe Zhang

Senior Research Professionals

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Leifu Zhang

LLB & BS | Peking University
MPhil | Chinese University of Hong Kong
PhD | Washington University in St. Louis
Faculty group | Finance
Faculty supervisor | Zhiguo He

Leifu Zhang

Principal Researchers

These two- to three-year positions prepare PRs to enter the academic job market.

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Daniel Albohn

BS | Eastern University
MS | Millersville University of Pennsylvania
PhD | The Pennsylvania State University
Faculty group | Operations
Faculty supervisor | Alexander Todorov

Daniel Albohn
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Kevin Bello

BS | National University of Engineering
PhD | Purdue University
Faculty group | Econometrics
Faculty supervisor | Bryon Aragam
Visit Kevin Bello's Website

Kevin Bello
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Yue Hu

BS | Northwestern University
PhD | Columbia University
Faculty group | Operations
Faculty supervisor | Baris Ata


Yue Hu
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Jungeum Kim

BS | Seoul National University
PhD | Purdue University
Faculty group | Econometrics
Faculty supervisor | Veronika Rockova

Jungeum Kim
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Dawei Li

BS | Peking University
PhD | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Faculty group | Operations
Faculty supervisors | Baris Ata

Dawei Li
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Dan Luo

BA | Tsinghua University
PhD | Stanford University
Faculty group | Finance
Faculty supervisor | Zhiguo He

Dan Luo
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Daniel O’Leary

BS | Northwestern University
PhD | Stanford University
Faculty group | Marketing
Faculty supervisors | Daniel Bartels, Abigail Sussman, and Oleg Urminsky

Daniel O’Leary
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Jaeyoung Park

PhD | University of Florida
Faculty group | Operations Management
Faculty supervisor | Dan Adelman

Jaeyoung Park
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Wai Ming Tai

BS | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
MPhil | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
PhD | University of Utah
Faculty group | Econometrics
Faculty supervisor | Bryon Aragam

Wai Ming Tai
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Bradley Turnwald

BA | Ohio Wesleyan University
MS | Stanford University
PhD | Stanford University
Faculty group | Behavioral
Faculty supervisor | Ayelet Fishbach
 

Bradley Turnwald
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Stefan Uddenberg

BA | Dartmouth College
MS | Yale University
MPhil | Yale University
PhD | Yale University
Faculty group | Behavioral
Faculty supervisor | Alexander Todorov
Visit Stefan Uddenberg's Website

Stefan Uddenberg
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Yonatan Vanunu

BS | Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo
MS | Tel Aviv University
PhD | University of New South Wales
Faculty group | Marketing
Faculty supervisors | Abigail Sussman, Daniel Bartels, and Oleg Urminsky

Yonatan Vanunu
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Laura Wallace

BA | Xavier University
MA and PhD | Ohio State University
Faculty group | Behavioral Science
Faculty supervisor | Emma Levine

Laura Wallace
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Baoyu Zhou

BS | Shanghai Jiao Tong University
MS | Lehigh University
PhD | Lehigh University
Faculty group | Operations
Faculty supervisor | Haihao (Sean) Lu

Baoyu Zhou
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Yuwei Zhou

BS | Georgia Institute of Technology
MS | Georgia Institute of Technology
PhD | Georgia Institute of Technology
Faculty group | Operations
Faculty supervisor | Baris Ata 

Yuwei Zhou