Alumni


If you are an alumnus of UF Economics’ doctoral program , please keep us updated on your current employment. Contact Valeria Zoilo at 352.392.0151 or via email.

Ph.D. Alumni

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

  • Derek Drayer Ernst and Young
  • Theodore Kury  University of Florida, Public Utilities Research Center
  • Jessica Merkle  Auburn University
  • Amanda Phalin  University of Florida, Department of Management

2012

  • Shourjo Chakravorty  Istanbul Technical University
  • Michelle Phillips  University of Florida, Department of Economics
  • Edward See  InfoTech Consulting

2010

2009

  • Celeste Carruthers  University of Tennessee
  • Liangliang Jiang  Lingnan University
  • Umut Ozek  CALDER
  • Katie Sherron Florida State University
  • Daniel Weinberg Impaq International LLC
  • Qiong Zhou  Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

2008

  • Mircea Marcu  U.S. Office of Personnel Management
  • Maria Corton 
  • University of South Florida – St. Petersburg
  • Joshua Kneifel  National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Pipawin Leesamphanth Thai Government

2007

  • Christine Piette Durrance University of Wisconsin
  • Ali Gungoraydinoglu Florida International University
  • Guillermo Sabbioni Brattle Group
  • Hamilton Silva Brazilian Government
  • Burcin Unel Institute for Policy Integrity – NYU School of Law

2006

  • Leonard Cabrera US Air Force
  • Kevin Christiansen Altria Client Services Inc.
  • Scott Hankins University of Kentucky
  • Mark Hoekstra Texas A&M
  • Jin Jeon Samsung Economic Research Institute
  • Chen Lin City University of Hong Kong
  • Troy Quast University of South Florida

2005

  • Jeremy Luallen Tufts University
  • Kornvica Pimukmanaskit Fiscal Policy Research Institute – Ministry of Finance (Thailand)
  • Mark Scanlan Stephen F. Austin (Texas)

2004

  • Bonghoon Kim POSCO Research Institute (Korea)
  • Wei Li Corner Stone Research
  • Salvador Martinez South Texas College

2003

  • Scott Carrell UC Davis
  • Sourav Chatterjee National Economic Research Associates Inc.
  • Chifeng Dai Southern Illinois University
  • Mary Davis Tufts University
  • Deborah Fletcher Miami University (Ohio)
  • Caprice Knapp Penn State University

2002

2001

2000

  • Luis Gutierrez Universidad del Rosario (Columbia)
  • Huseyin Yildirim Duke University

1999

  • Sang Hyup Lee Southeastern Louisiana University
  • Mehmet Sener Union College

1998

  • Michael Blake Putnam, Hayes & Barlett – Asia Pacific Ltd.
  • Jim Dewey Florida Polytechnic University
  • Kayoto Ishikawa
  • Rajiv Sharma Portland State University

1997

  • Christopher Garmon University of Missouri – Kansas City
  • Makoto Okamura Hiroshima U (Japan)
  • Jianmao Wang Jiatong University (China)
  • Shinji Yane St. Andrews Univ. (Japan)

1996

1995

  • William Encinosa Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
  • Dean Foreman ExxonMobil
  • Richard Hoffman Kentucky Public Defender’s Office
  • Cindy Houser Asian Development Bank
  • YiKang Li AT&T
  • Li Zhu American Century Investment

1994

  • Srabana Gupta Penn State-Erie
  • Jill Herndon UF Medical School
  • Jongmin Lee Kangweon National Univ.

1993

  • Gulnaz Abdukadir Edward Jones
  • Jinyong Chen W.F. Corroon (actuarial consulting)
  • Scott Makar Judge, Florida First District Court of Appeals
  • Dennis Weisman Kansas State University
  • Laixun Zhao Kobe U

1992

  • Hamid-Reza Baradaran-Shoraka Univ. of Allameh Tabatabaei (Iran)
  • Benjamin Blair Columbus State University
  • Carol Dole Jacksonville University
  • Young Hoon Koo Hanwha Economic Research Inst.
  • Marcelle Kinney Economic Consulting Services
  • Dong-Soo Koh Kores Inst. for Industrial Economics & Trade
  • Daniel R. LeClair AACSB
  • Suryamani Mantrala Mantrala Associates
  • Cynthia Stephens Deiter, Stephens & Durham (consulting)