Recent Placements
Our alumni have obtained prestigious positions at universities in the U.S. (e.g., Harvard, Berkeley, Penn, UCLA, Michigan, Minnesota), in Europe (e.g., University College London, Pompeu Fabra, Tilburg, Carlos III, Stockholm, Zurich) and in Germany (e.g., Mannheim, Munich, Berlin, Cologne). In addition, many now work in the non-academic sector (e.g., European Central Bank, German Central Bank, Bank of England, U.S. Federal Reserve Board, McKinsey, Boston Consulting).
Here is a chronological overview (following placements are given if known):
2020 | academic placements | ||
| Strang, Louis | Postdoc, University of Cologne | ||
2019 | academic placements | ||
| Kuvshinov, Dmitry | Assistant Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | ||
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| non academic (public sector) | |
| Kotidis, Antonios | Federal Reserve Board, Washington D.C. | ||
| non academic (private sector) | |||
| Hofmeier, Jana | Associate at PwC in Financial Services, Düsseldorf | ||
| Klein (geb. Fuchs), Saskia | Expert Investment Controller at METRO AG Düsseldorf | ||
| Scherf, Robert | Associate at Matrix Economics, Boston, USA | ||
| Schran, Felix | Senior Data Scientist at AXA, Köln | ||
2018 |
| academic placements | |
| Bobkova, Nina | Assistant Professor, European University Institute Florenz | ||
| Gamp, Tobias | Postdoc, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin | ||
| Graeber, Thomas | Postdoc, Harvard University | ||
| Kosse, Fabian | Associate Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich | ||
| Mann, Katja | Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Bussiness School | ||
| Ward, Felix | Assistant Professor, Erasmus School of Economics Rotterdam | ||
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| Hartung, Benjamin | European Central Bank | ||
| Kocaata, Zeki | Economic Policy Consultant, OECD | ||
| Vosen, Agnes | Fraunhofer-Zentrum f. Internat. Management & Wissensökonomie (IMW), Leipzig | ||
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| non academic (private sector) | |
| Hols, Christopher | Strategy Consultant, Accenture | ||
| Püttmann, Lukas | Consultant, McKinsey Analytics | ||
| Walders, Fabian | Consultant, Ritzenhoefer & Company | ||
2017 | academic placements | ||
Conze, Maximilian | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland | ||
| Deimen, Inga | Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, USA | ||
| Dong, Daxin | Assistant Professor, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China | ||
| Knyazev, Dmitriy | Postdoc, Humboldt University Berlin | ||
| Meier, Matthias | Junior Professor, Mannheim University | ||
| Scherf, Robert | Research Associate, Harvard Business School, USA | ||
| Willrodt, Jana | Postdoc, DICE, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf | ||
| Wolf, Martin | Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, Austria | ||
non academic (public sector) | |||
| Herold, Jens Gerrit | Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung, Statistisches Bundesamt (German Council of Economic Experts) | ||
| Scheer, Alexander | German Central Bank | ||
non academic (private sector) | |||
| Schickner, Benjamin | TWS Partners AG | ||
| Sobott, Jonas | Consultant, Oliver Wyman | ||
2016 | academic placements | ||
| Becker, Anke | Postdoc, Harvard, USA | ||
| Chen, Bo | Assistant Professor, Wuhan University, China | ||
| Cheng, Chunli | Postdoc, U Hamburg | ||
| Deimen, Inga | Assistant Professor, Arizona | ||
| Drerup, Tilman | Postdoc, Stanford, USA | ||
| Enke, Benjamin | Assistant Professor, Harvard, USA | ||
| Hansen, Emanuel | Assistant Professor, U Köln | ||
| Hillenbrand, Adrian | Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Research of Collective Goods, Bonn | ||
| Kleiner, Andreas | Assistant Professor, Arizona State U, USA | ||
| Lütticke, Ralph | Assistant Professor, University College London, UK | ||
| Salish, Mirjam | Visiting Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain | ||
| Salish, Nazarii | Assistant Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain | ||
| Schilling, Linda | Assistant Professor, U Utrecht | ||
| Schwerter, Frederick | Assistant Professor, U Köln | ||
non academic (public sector) | |||
| Kirsch, Florian | Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung, Statistisches Bundesamt (German Council of Economic Experts) | ||
| Luck, Stephan | Federal Reserve Board, Washington DC | ||
non academic (private sector) | |||
| Aigner, Rafael | Consultant for DIW Econ, Berlin | ||
| Herbst, Holger | McKinsey & Company | ||
2015 | academic placements | ||
| Cakici, Meral | Assistant Professor, U Piri Reis Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Müller, Daniel | Professor, Julius-Maximilians-U Würzburg | ||
| Roesler, Anne-Katrin | Research Associate, Northwestern U (following 2016: Assistant Professor, U Michigan) | ||
| Terstiege, Stefan | Assistant Professor, U Maastricht | ||
| Wibral, Matthias | Associate Professor, U Maastricht | ||
non academic (public sector) | |||
| Grodecka, Anna | Swedish Riksbank, Stockholm | ||
| Hacioglu, Sinem | Bank of England | ||
| Pham-Dao, Lien | Forschungsdaten- und Servicezentrum, Deutsche Bundesbank (Research Data and Service Centre, German Central Bank) | ||
non academic (private sector) | |||
| Bergerhoff, Jan | EXIST start-up stipend, financed by the BMWi (German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy | ||
| Nebeling, Thomas | Consultant, Allolio & Konrad | ||
2014 | academic placements | ||
| Bierbrauer, Christoph | Cologne Business School | ||
| Dizdar, Deniz | Assistant Professor, U Montréal, Canada | ||
| Fels, Markus Peter | Postdoc, KIT Karlsruhe | ||
| Hilpert, Christian | Postdoc, U Hamburg | ||
| Wellschmied, Felix | Assistant Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain | ||
non academic (public sector) | |||
| Behn, Markus | European Central Bank | ||
| Esser, Andreas | German Central Bank | ||
| Frackenpohl, Gerrit | Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, BaFin (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) | ||
| Uzelac, Filip | Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, BaFin (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) | ||
non academic (private sector) | |||
| Dahremöller, Carsten | Deutsche Postbank AG | ||
2013 | academic placements | ||
| Ebert, Sebastian | Assistant Professor, U Tilburg | ||
| Göller, Daniel | Associate Professor, U of Agder, Norway | ||
| Strack, Philipp | Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley Microsoft Research, Boston | ||
| Terstiege, Stefan | Assistant Professor, Maastricht | ||
| Westkamp, Alexander | Assistant Professor, U Maastricht (following placement: Associate Professor, U Cologne) | ||
| Zimmermann, Florian | Postdoc, U Zurich | ||
non academic (public sector) | |||
| Becker, Anke | Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Authority) | ||
| Decker, Thomas | Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, BaFin (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) In addition: Visiting lecturer at University of Duisburg-Essen | ||
| Hürtgen, Patrick | Economist at the Research Center of the German Central Bank | ||
| Mirza, Harun | European Central Bank | ||
| Roling, Christoph | German Central Bank | ||
| Rühmkorf, Roland | European Central Bank | ||
non academic (private sector) | |||
| Tjaden, Volker | Consultant, Simon-Kucher & Partners (following placement: Project Manager at Blue Yonder, Germany) | ||
2012 | academic placements | ||
| Born, Benjamin | Associate Professor, U Mannheim (following placement: Professor, Bonn University) | ||
| Kranz, Sebastian | Assistant Professor, U Ulm (following placement 2014: Professor, U Ulm) | ||
| Lang, Matthias | Postdoc, HU Berlin (following placement: Assistant Professor, Free University Berlin) | ||
| Pfeifer, Johannes | Assistant professor, U Tübingen (following placement: Assistant Professor, U Mannheim) | ||
| Pönitzsch, Gert | Research Associate, Kiel Insitute for the World Economy (following placement: Research Associate, U Heidelberg) | ||
| Schwerhoff, Gregor | Postdoc, Potsdam Insitute for Climate Impact Research | ||
| Seel, Christian | Assistant Professor, U Maastricht | ||
| Szech, Nora | Professor, U Bamberg (following placement: Professor, Karlsruhe Insitute of Technology) | ||
non academic (private sector) | |||
| Ewers, Mara | Insitut der Deutschen Wirtschaft, Cologne | ||
| Gider, Jasmin | KPMG Corporate Finance Inc. (following placement: Postdoc, U Bonn) | ||
| Homm Ulrich | Risk Management, Talanx AG | ||
| Kurka, Stephan | Ernst & Young | ||
2011 | academic placements | ||
| Ebert, Sebastian | Professor, Frankfurt school of Finance & Management | ||
| Goldlücke (geb. Ohlendorf), Susanne | Assistant Professor, U Mannheim (following placement: professor, U Konstanz) | ||
| Herweg, Fabian | Assistant Professor, LMU Munich (following placement: professor, U Bayreuth) | ||
| Seel, Christian | Associate Professor, Maastricht | ||
| Seithe, Mirco | Postdoc, Fraunhofer Institute | ||
| Sorge, Marco Maria | Postdoc, U Salerno, Italy (following placements: postdoc, University of Napole/Federico II, Italy; 2014: assistant professor, U Göttingen) | ||
| Westheide, Christian | Assistant Professor, U Mannheim | ||
non academic (public sector) | |||
| Buzaushina, Almira | German Central Bank (following placement: International Monetary Fund (IMF)) | ||
| Peter, Alexandra | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | ||
| Tenhofen, Jörn | German Central Bank | ||
non academic (private sector) | |||
| Ding, Wei | Global Procurement Strategy, Robert Bosch | ||
| Lehmann, Stefanie | Consultant, Boston Consulting Group | ||
| Parys, Juliane | Mc Kinsey & Company | ||
| Rieck, Thomas | Global Transfer Pricing Service, KPMG | ||
2010 | academic placements | ||
| Mierendorff, Konrad | Senior Research Associate, U Zurich (following placement: Assistant Professor, University College London) | ||
non academic (public sector) | |||
| Schlusche, Bernd | Economist, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | ||
non academic (private sector) | |||
| Cadena Ibarra, Juan Marcelo | Asset Management Advisory, Ernst & Young | ||
| Koch, Stefan | Mc Kinsey & Company | ||
| Szech, Nora | Professor, Karlsruhe | ||
2009 | academic placements | ||
| Altmann, Steffen | Postdoc, Insitute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn (following placements: Senior Research Associate, IZA and Associate Professor, U Copenhagen 2014) | ||
| Balleer, Almut | Assistant Professor, U Stockholm (following placement: Professor RWTH Aachen) | ||
| Georganas, Sotiris | Postdoc, Ohio State University (following placement: Lecturer, U of London) | ||
| Goldlücke, Susanne | Professor, Konstanz | ||
| Herweg, Fabian | Professor, Bayreuth | ||
| Schulze, Klaas | Postdoc, U Toronto (following placement: Postdoc McMaster University; Postdoc, Swiss Finance Institute) | ||
| Weinschenk, Philipp | Research Fellow, Max Planck Insitute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn | ||
| Westkamp, Alexander | Associate Professor, Köln | ||
| Wibral, Matthias | Associate Professor, Maastricht | ||
non academic (public sector) | |||
| Marklein, Felix | Federal Ministry of Finance | ||
| Sonntag, Marcus | German Central Bank | ||
non academic (private sector) | |||
| Engelage, Daniel | Associate, KDB Krall Demmel business Consulting GmbH (following placement: consultant, TNP True North Partners, London) | ||
| Hengelbrock, Jördis | Consultant, Oliver Wyman GmbH (following placement: analyst, Sal. Oppenheim) | ||
| Junker, Simon | Economist, Commerzbank (following placement: research associate, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)) | ||
| Matzke, Christiane | Boston Consulting Group | ||
Further information on placements before 2009 are available here.
