We are proud of our current PhD candidates on the job market in 2025-2026! Please direct job market questions to Dr. Bill Ridley and Dr. Aaron Staples, Directors of Graduate Student Placement. 

 

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Khashi Ghorbani

PhD Expected in 2026

Agricultural Economics, Environmental and Natural Resource
Economics

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Shahadat Hossain

PhD Expected in 2026

International Development Economics, Labor and Household Economics, Applied Econometrics

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Da Eun Kim

PhD Expected in 2026

Consumer Behavior, Food Choice, Experimental Economics

Richie Ma

Richie Ma

PhD Expected in 2026

Commodity Markets, Electronic Trading, Risk Management

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Keliang Xiao

PhD Expected in 2026

 International Trade, Environmental Economics, Agricultural Trade

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Hyungsun Yim

PhD Expected in 2026

Environmental Economics, Network Econometrics, Agrifood Supply Chain 

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Madison Levine

PhD Expected in 2027

Behavioral Economics, Development Economics, Agricultural Economics

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Hannah Kim

PhD Expected in 2027

Environmental Economics, Development Economics, Agricultural Economics

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Deepika Pingali

PhD Expected in 2027

Development Economics, Data Science

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Yizun Yan

PhD Expected in 2027

Environmental and Resource Economics

Esteban Vizcarrondo

Esteban Vizcarrondo

PhD Expected in 2027

Commodity Futures and Options, Price Analysis

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Taejun Mo

PhD Expected in 2027

International Trade, Environmental Economics, Regional Economics

ACE Alumni on Job Market

If you are an alum actively on the job market, reach out to ace-grad@illinois.edu to be added to our list.

ACE Postdocs on Job Market

Guilherme Fonseca Travassos

Guilherme Fonseca Travassos

PhD Completed in 2018

Developing economics, Consumer economics, Environmental economics