PhD Thesis and First Job Placements

2025

Yu, Aidi

°Õ³ó±ð²õ¾±²õ:ÌýCommuting, Spatial Allocations, and Inequalities

³§³Ü±è±ð°ù±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýGonzalez, Francisco and Stacey, Derek

±Ê±ô²¹³¦±ð³¾±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýTD Bank Group as a senior data scientist

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Mir, Khusro

°Õ³ó±ð²õ¾±²õ:ÌýA Theoretical and Empirical Investigation into Payments for Watershed Ecosystem Services

³§³Ü±è±ð°ù±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýBrouwer, Roy and Nimubona, Alain-Désiré

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Email: kmir@uwaterloo.ca

2024

Xu, Wenzuo

Thesis: Applications of Machine Learning on Econometrics for Two-Step Regression, Test for High Dimension and Sensitivity.

Supervisor: Chen, Tao

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Email: w222xu@uwaterloo.ca

Zhang, Zhuojing

°Õ³ó±ð²õ¾±²õ:ÌýEssays on Empirical likelihood for Heaviness Estimation, Outlier Detection and Clustering

³§³Ü±è±ð°ù±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýChen, Tao

Placement: Assistant professor at Jianghan University

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Baker, John

°Õ³ó±ð²õ¾±²õ:ÌýMonetary Policy Analysis and its Contemporary Challenges

³§³Ü±è±ð°ù±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýLam, Jean-Paul

±Ê±ô²¹³¦±ð³¾±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýCanada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

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2023

Nesterova, Iuliia

°Õ³ó±ð²õ¾±²õ:ÌýConspicuous Consumption and Inequality

³§³Ü±è±ð°ù±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýGonzalez, Francisco

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2022

Li, Yixuan

Thesis:

Supervisor: Tao Chen

Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Economics and Political Science, MacEwan University

E-mail: y584li@uwaterloo.ca

Yang, Xinyuan

Thesis:

Supervisor: Margaret Insley

Placement: To Be Determined

E-mail: x283yang@uwaterloo.ca


2021

Chen, Zongjia

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Supervisor: Mikal Skuterud

Placement: Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture

E-mail: zj5chen@uwaterloo.ca

Mascella, Allison

Thesis:

Supervisor: Ana Ferrer

Placement: To Be Determined

·¡-³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýamascella@uwaterloo.ca

Pan, Zehua

Thesis:

Supervisor: Roy Brouwer

Placement: Senior Manager, Fraud Research and Analytics, RBC

·¡-³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýz64pan@uwaterloo.ca

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2020

Arcila-Vasquez, Andres

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Supervisor: Ana Ferrer

Placement: TD Bank, Quantitative Associate, Risk Management Department

Huang, Yichun

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Supervisor: Margaret Insley

Placement: Post-doctoral fellowship - The Water Institute, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ

Email: y247huan@uwaterloo.ca

Pan, Yazhuo

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Supervisors: Ana Ferrer & Stephanie Lluis

Placement: University of Toronto, Research Officer

Tian, Renfang

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Supervisor: Tao Chen

Placement: Assistant Professor, King's University College, Western University

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2018Ìý

Aghakazemjourabbaf, Sara

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Supervisor: Margaret Insley

Placement: Senior Associate, Sustainability and Climate Change, PwC Canada

McLeod, Shernette

Thesis:

Supervisor: Jean-Paul Lam

Placement: TD Bank, Economist

Memartoluie, Ghazal

°Õ³ó±ð²õ¾±²õ:Ìý

Supervisor: AnindyaÌýSen

Placement:


2017

Chen, Yu

°Õ³ó±ð²õ¾±²õ:ÌýÌý

Supervisor: Francisco Gonzalez

±Ê±ô²¹³¦±ð³¾±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýAssistant Professor,ÌýDepartment of Economics,ÌýUniversity of CalgaryÌý

Gao,Ìý​HangÌý

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Supervisor: ​Anindya Sen

±Ê±ô²¹³¦±ð³¾±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýPost-doctoral position,ÌýChinese Institute of Engineering Development Strategies (CIEDS), School of Public Policy and Management (SPPM), Tsinghua University, China.

Ghaziaskar, Mohamad

​Thesis:​Ìý

Supervisors:ÌýThomas Parker and Anindya Sen

Placement: Definite Term Lecturer,ÌýKing's - Western University​

Li, Hongxiu

Thesis:

Supervisor: HoratiuÌýRus

Placement: Data Scientist, Sun Life Financial

Zhang, Jue

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³§³Ü±è±ð°ù±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýMikal Skuterud

±Ê±ô²¹³¦±ð³¾±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýResearch Analyst,ÌýImmigration, Refugee, and Canadian Citizenship (IRCC)


2016

Amery, Behnoush

Thesis title:Ìý

Supervisor: ​Anindya Sen

Placement: Senior Economist,ÌýLabour Market Information Council

Oystrakh, MykhayloÌý

Thesis Title:Ìý

Supervisor: Jean-Paul Lam

Placement: Senior Model Validation Analyst, Assistant Vice-President, Bank of the West


2015

Lin, Xiao Yan

Thesis title: ​Ìý

³§³Ü±è±ð°ù±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýDinghai Xu

Placement: Ernst and Young

Legree, Scott

Thesis Title:

Supervisor:​ Mikal Skuterud

Placement: Analyst, Statistics Canada


2014

Niu, Shilei

Thesis title:Ìý

Supervisors: Margaret Insley and Tony Wirjanto

±Ê±ô²¹³¦±ð³¾±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýAssistant Professor,ÌýXi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

Zelaya, Mauricio

​Thesis title:Ìý

Supervisors: Joel Blit & Anindya Sen

Placement: Associate Partner, Economic Advisor, Ernst and Young


2013

Choi, Wai Hong

Thesis title:Ìý

Supervisor: ​Anindya Sen

±Ê±ô²¹³¦±ð³¾±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýSenior Program Advisor,ÌýPrograms Branch,ÌýCanada Border Services Agency

Franceschi, FrancescoÌý

Thesis title:Ìý

³§³Ü±è±ð°ù±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýJohn Burbidge

±Ê±ô²¹³¦±ð³¾±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýEconomist,ÌýResearch Department,ÌýBank of Italy


2012

Al Mansour, Abdullah

Thesis title:Ìý

Supervisors: Margaret Insley and Tony Wirjanto

±Ê±ô²¹³¦±ð³¾±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýAssistant Professor,ÌýDepartment of Finance & Economics
College of Industrial Management,ÌýKing Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals,ÌýDhahran, Saudi Arabia

Shi, Jingye

Thesis title:Ìý

Supervisor: ​Mikal Skuterud

Placement:Assistant Professor,ÌýResearch Institute of Economics and Management,ÌýSouthwesternÌýUniversity of Finance and Economics,
China


2010

Chen, Shan

Thesis title:Ìý

Supervisors: Margaret Insley and Tony Wirjanto

±Ê±ô²¹³¦±ð³¾±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýManager,ÌýEnterprise Model Risk Management,ÌýRoyal Bank of Canada

Entezarkheir, Mahdiyeh

Thesis title:Ìý

Supervisor:​Mikko Packalen

Placement: Assistant Professor,ÌýHuron University College,ÌýUniversity of Western Ontario

Su, Mingcui

Thesis title:Ìý

Supervisor: ​Mikal Skuterud

Placement: Assistant Professor,ÌýSouthwestern University of Finance and Economics,ÌýChengdu City, China

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