Postdoctoral Fellows
The Cowles Foundation regularly offers postdoctoral fellowships to promising young scholars in economics. Fellowships provide an opportunity for new Ph.D.s to focus on developing a strong research program in a stimulating collegial environment prior to taking on the full responsibilities of a ladder or tenure track faculty position.
Current Postdoctoral Fellows
Past Postdoctoral Fellows
2023-24
Mayara Felix, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Program Area: International Trade
Joel Flynn, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Program Area: International Trade
Yingkai Li, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
Program Area: Center for Algorithms, Data, and Market Design at Yale (CADMY)
Jonas Lieber, Ph.D.
University of Chicago
Program Area: Center for Algorithms, Data, and Market Design at Yale (CADMY)
Ernesto Rivera Mora, Ph.D.
University of Arizona
Program Area: Economic Theory
Martin Souchier, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Program Area: Macroeconomics
2022-23
Daniel Clark, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Program Area: Economic Theory
Lydia Cox, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Program Area: International Trade
Max Cytrynbaum, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Program Area: Econometrics
Yingkai Li, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
Program Area: Department
Marta Prato, Ph.D.
University of Chicago
Program Area: Macroeconomics
2021-22
Krishna Dasaratha, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Program Area: Economic Theory
Ben Deaner, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Program Area: Econometrics
Oliko Vardishvili, Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine)
Program Area:Macroeconomics
2020-21
Federico Huneeus, Ph.D.
Central Bank of Chile
Program Area: International Trade
Kai Hao Yang, Ph.D.
University of Chicago
Program Area: Economic Theory
2019-20
Charles Hodgson, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Program Area: Industrial Organization
Federico Huneeus, Ph.D.
Central Bank of Chile
Program Area: International Trade
Weijie Zhong, Ph.D.
Columbia University
Program Area: Economic Theory
2018-19
Giovanni Andreottola, Ph.D.
European University Institute
Program Area: Political Economy
Danial Lashkari, Ph.D.
Boston College
Program Area: International Trade
Christopher Li, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
Program Area: Political Economy
Xiaosheng Mu, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Program Area: Economic Theory
Dmitry Mukhin, Ph.D.
Princeton University
Program Area: Macroeconomics
Anna Sanktjohanser, Ph.D.
Yale University
Program Area: Economic Theory
David Schönholzer, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
Program Area: Political Economy
2017-18
Giovanni Andreottola, Ph.D.
European University Institute
Program Area: Political Economy
Benjamin Connault, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Program Area: Econometrics
Soheil Ghili, Ph.D.
Kellogg School of Mgt. Northwestern University
Program Area: Structural Microeconomics
Danial Lashkari, Ph.D.
Boston College
Program Area: International Trade
Christopher Li, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
Program Area: Political Economy
Cormac O'Dea, Ph.D.
University College London
Program Area: Department
Jacopo Perego, Ph.D.
NYU
Program Area: Economic Theory
2016-17
Maria Laura Doval, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
Program Area: Economic Theory
Mira Frick, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Program Area: Economic Theory
John Eric Humphries, Ph.D.
Program Area: Department
Ryota Iijima, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Program Area: Economic Theory
Giampaolo Lecce, Ph.D.
Università Bocconi
Program Area: Political Economy
Gabriel Lopez Moctezuma, Ph.D.
Princeton University
Program Area: Political Economy
Yusuke Narita, Ph.D.
MIT
Program Area: Economic Theory, Structural Microeconomics
Pascual Restrepo, Ph.D.
MIT
Program Area: Macroeconomics
Sharon Traiberman, Ph.D.
Princeton University
Program Area: International Trade
2015-16
Abi Adams, Ph.D.
University of Oxford
Program Area: Structural Microeconomics
Luciano Pomatto, Ph.D.
Kellogg School of Mgt. Northwestern University
Program Area: Economic Theory
Péter Vida, Ph.D.
Universität Mannheim
Program Area: Economic Theory