PhD Career Outcomes

For 100 years, Chicago Booth has been a proven training ground for the next generation of leading professionals in academia, government, and industry.

When you earn a PhD from Chicago Booth, you are trained to conduct original, innovative research at the highest level. Graduates are highly sought after at the world’s most elite institutions of higher learning, in government, and at leading global businesses.

As they prepare for the job market, our PhD students have access to an extensive array of career resources.

Since 2007, our Pichler Initiative on Professional Development has supported student success through workshops, individual coaching, writing seminars and consultations, student and faculty panels, and more. With more than 30 events a year, the Pichler Initiative empowers our students to take charge of their professional development and succeed at the highest levels.

Discover below where some of our most recent graduates are making an impact.

Featured Stevens Doctoral Program Alumni

2026 Graduate Outcomes

Graduate outcomes confirmed in 2026 will be posted on a rolling basis. Scroll further down to find employment information from previous years. Our most recent graduates have found jobs in academia, government, non-profits and NGOs, and industry across the globe.

Accounting

  • Ginha Kim, Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting, London School of Economics
  • Pietro Ramella, Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting, Miami Herbert Business School

Econometrics and Statistics

  • Ming Gao, Member of Research Staff, The Voleon Group

Economics

  • Paulo Henrique de Alcantara Ramos, Associate, Cornerstone Research

Finance

  • Ching-Tse Chen, Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, Copenhagen Business School
  • Bianca He, Assistant Professor, Finance Department, University of Notre Dame
  • Jessica Li, Assistant Professor, Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
  • Edoardo Marchesi, Assistant Professor of Finance, Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago

Joint PhD Program in Financial Economics 

  • Filippo Cavaleri, Assistant Professor of Finance, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

  • Joanna Harris Murphy, Assistant Professor of Finance, Goizueta Business School, Emory University

Marketing

  • Soaham Bharti, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Foster School of Business, University of Washington
  • Hung Ho, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • Ningyin (Ariel) Xu, Assistant Professor of Business Management, Department of Business Management, CUNEF Universidad
  • Lydia Zhao, Economist, Amazon

Initial Graduate Outcomes from 2005 to 2025

Below is a list of the positions our graduating PhD students have accepted in recent years.