Recent Placements
Our alumni have obtained prestigious positions at universities in the U.S. (e.g., Harvard, Berkeley, Penn, UCLA, CalTech, Michigan, Minnesota), in Europe (e.g., Bocconi, University College London, Manchester, Oxford, Pompeu Fabra, Rotterdam, Tilburg, Carlos III, Stockholm, Zurich) and in Germany (e.g., Mannheim, Munich, Berlin, Cologne). In addition, many now work in public institutions aswell as in the non-academic sector (e.g., European Central Bank, German Central Bank, European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Bank of England, U.S. Federal Reserve Board, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge (MA), McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group).
Here is a chronological overview (following placements are given if known):
2024
non academic (private sector)
Cosentino, Melina
Senior Consultant, PwC, Germany
Petrosyan, Mariam
Model Validation Senior Specialist, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany
2023
academic placements
Chen, Kailin
Postdoc, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
Destan, Cavit Görkem
Assistant Professor, TED University, Ankara, Turkey
Günther, Laurenz Richard Kuno
Postdoc, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
Henkel, Luca
Postdoc, University of Chicago and University of CEMA (following position: Assistant Professor, Erasmus School of Economics Rotterdam)
Kozakiewicz, Marta
Postdoc, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany
Kreutzkamp, Sophie Alexandra
Postdoc, University of Oxford, (following position: Lecturer, University of Manchester, UK)
Lahr, Patrick
Postdoc, ENS Paris-Saclay, France
Niemeyer, Axel
Assistant Professor, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
Preusser, Justus
Postdoc, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
Schäfer, Paul
Lecturer, University of Leicester School of Business, UK
Weiß, Maximilian
Postdoc, University of Tübingen, Germany
non academic (public sector)
Dobkowitz, Sonja
Postdoc, Macroeconomic Department, DIW Berlin, Germany
Duque Gabriel, Ricardo
Economist, Federal Reserve Board, Washington D.C., USA
Gnewuch, Matthias
Economist, European Stability Mechanism
Kohler, Thomas
Digitalization Officer, Trossingen City Administration, Germany
Rachidi, Tobias
Researcher, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT, Department Microsimulation & Econometric Data Analysis, Sankt Augustin, Germany
Simon, Lenard
Economist, German Council of Economic Experts, Germany
non academic (private sector)
Holler, Radost
Senior Data Scientist, Pricing Department at Metro, Germany
Schmitz, Fabian
Analyst, Frontier Economics Ltd
2022
academic placements
Chopra, Felix
Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Fang, Ximeng
Postdoc, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK
non academic (public sector)
Domínguez-Díaz, Rubén
Research Economist, Bank of Spain
Ehrmantraut, Laura
Scientific Staff Member, Federal Office of Statistics
Pessoa, Ana Sofia
Economist, International Monetary Fund
non academic (private sector)
Apenbrink, Christian
Data Scientist, REWE Group
Röhrl, Klara
Software Developer, node.energy GmbH, Frankfurt
Russ, Kilian
Associate Consultant, McKinsey & Company
Schmieter, Finn
Specialist, Finance Actuarial Department, AXA, Köln
Stumpe, Valentin
Consultant, Kienbaum Consultants International, Köln
2021
academic placements
Khismatullina, Marina
Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Neuber, Thomas
Assistant Professor, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
Rother, Simon
Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Voß, Paul
Assistant Professor, Central European University, Vienna, Austria
Zimmermann, Kaspar
Postdoc, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE, Frankfurt
non academic (public sector)
Arvai, Kai
Research Economist, Bank of France
Bartscher, Alina
Research Economist, Danmarks Nationalbank
Ploj, Gašper
Research Economist, Analysis and Research Department, Bank of Slovenia
non academic (private sector)
Ananyev, Mikhail
Data Analyst, Lingoda GmbH, Berlin
Han, Hua-Jing
Strategic Analyst, Telekom, Bonn
Klümper, Andreas
Pricing Manager, DHL, Bonn
2020
academic placements
Chen, Si
Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, Austria
Heese, Carl
Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, Austria
Ignaszak, Marek
Assistant Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt
Kattwinkel, Deniz
Assistant Professor, University College London
Knoepfle, Jan
Postdoc, Aalto University, Helsiniki, Finnland
Stans, Renske
Postdoc, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Stötzer, Lasse
Personal Assistant to the CEO, briq, Bonn
Strang, Louis
Postdoc, University of Cologne
non academic (public sector)
Albert, Branislav
Research Analyst, Central bank, Slovakia
Luxen, Christina
Federal Cartel Office, Bonn
Schaube, Sebastian
Economist, Federal Ministry for Ecomomic Affairs and Energy of Germany, Bonn
non academic (private sector)
Becker, Daniel
Data Scientist, AXA, Köln
Kulms, Marius
Reinsurance Actuary, Continentale Versicherungsverbund, Dortmund
Speit, Andre
Ritzenhoefer & Company, Düsseldorf
Wogrolly, Axel
Quantitative Risk Analyst, Raiffeisen Bank International, Vienna, Austria
2019
academic placements
Kuvshinov, Dmitry
Assistant Professor, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
non academic (public sector)
Kotidis, Antonios
Federal Reserve Board, Washington D.C., USA
non academic (private sector)
Hofmeier, Jana
Associate, PwC Financial Services, Düsseldorf
Klein (geb. Fuchs), Saskia
Expert Investment Controller, METRO AG, Düsseldorf
Schran, Felix
Senior Data Scientist, AXA, Köln
2018
academic placements
Bobkova, Nina
Assistant Professor, European University Institute Florenz (following position: Assistant Professor, Rice University, USA)
Chen Yao
Assistant Professor, Erasmus School of Economics Rotterdam
Gamp, Tobias
Postdoc, Humboldt University of Berlin
Graeber, Thomas
Postdoc, Harvard Business School (following position: Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School, USA)
Kosse, Fabian
Associate Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich
Mann, Katja
Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Bussiness School
Ward, Felix
Assistant Professor, Erasmus School of Economics Rotterdam
non academic (public sector)
Hartung, Benjamin
Economist, European Central Bank
Kocaata, Zeki
Economic Policy Consultant, OECD
Vosen, Agnes
Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy (IMW), Leipzig
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 of Berlin (following 2021: Assistant Professor University of Vienna)
Meier, Matthias
Junior Professor, University of Mannheim
Scherf, Robert
Research Associate, Harvard Business School, USA (following positions: Associate, Matrix Economics, Boston; Senior Vice President, AlixPartners, London)
Willrodt, Jana
Postdoc, DICE, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
Wolf, Martin
Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, Austria
non academic (public sector)
Herold, Jens Gerrit
Economist, German Council of Economic Experts (following position: Senior Economist, KfW Banking group, Bonn/Berlin)
Scheer, Alexander
Economist, German Central Bank
non academic (private sector)
Schickner, Benjamin
TWS Partners AG
Sobott, Jonas
Consultant, Oliver Wyman (following positions: Lecturer, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management; Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group)
2016
academic placements
Becker, Anke
Postdoc, Harvard University (following position: Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School)
Chen, Bo
Assistant Professor, Wuhan University, China
Cheng, Chunli
Postdoc, University of Hamburg
Drerup, Tilman
Postdoc, Stanford University, USA
Enke, Benjamin
Associate Professor, Harvard University, USA
Hansen, Emanuel
Assistant Professor, University of Köln
Hillenbrand, Adrian
Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Research of Collective Goods, Bonn
Kleiner, Andreas
Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, USA
Lütticke, Ralph
Assistant Professor, University College London, UK
Salish, Mirjam
Visiting Professor, Charles III University of Madrid, Spain
Salish, Nazarii
Assistant Professor, Charles III University of Madrid, Spain
Schilling, Linda
Assistant Professor, University of Utrecht
Schwerter, Frederik
Assistant Professor, University of Köln
non academic (public sector)
Kirsch, Florian
Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung,
Federal Office of Statistics (German Council of Economic Experts)
Luck, Stephan
Advisor, 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, Piri Reis University, Istanbul, Turkey
Müller, Daniel
Professor, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
Roesler, Anne-Katrin
Research Associate, Northwestern University (following 2016: Assistant Professor, University of Michigan)
Wibral, Matthias
Associate Professor, University of Maastricht
non academic (public sector)
Grodecka, Anna
Swedish Riksbank, Stockholm
Hacioglu, Sinem
Bank of England
Pham-Dao, Lien
Forschungsdaten- und Servicezentrum, German Federal Bank (Research Data and Service Centre, German Central Bank)
non academic (private sector)
Bergerhoff, Jan
EXIST start-up stipend, financed by the BMW (German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Nebeling, Thomas
Consultant, Allolio & Konrad
2014
academic placements
Bierbrauer, Christoph
Professor, Cologne Business School
Dizdar, Deniz
Assistant Professor, University of Montreal, Canada
Fels, Markus Peter
Postdoc, KIT Karlsruhe (following possitions: Research Associate, Technical University of Dortmund; Research Associate, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung Bonn)
Evers, Michael
Professor of Macroeconomics, Goethe University Frankfurt (following position: Professor of Economics, University of Hohenheim)
Hilpert, Christian
Postdoc, University of Hamburg
Wellschmied, Felix
Assistant Professor, University Charles III of Madrid, Spain
non academic (public sector)
Behn, Markus
European Central Bank
Esser, Andreas
German Central Bank
Frackenpohl, Gerrit
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, BaFin
Uzelac, Filip
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, BaFin
non academic (private sector)
Dahremöller, Carsten
Risk Controller, Deutsche Postbank AG (following position: Senior Data Scientist Finance, Deutsche Postbank AG)
2013
academic placements
Göller, Daniel
Associate Professor, University of Agder, Norway
Strack, Philipp
Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley (following position: Microsoft Research, Boston)
Terstiege, Stefan
Assistant Professor, Maastricht University
Westkamp, Alexander
Assistant Professor, Maastricht University (following position: Associate Professor, University of Cologne)
Zimmermann, Florian
Postdoc, University of Zurich
non academic (public sector)
Decker, Thomas
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, BaFin
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, Ronald
European Central Bank
non academic (private sector)
Tjaden, Volker
Consultant, Simon-Kucher & Partners (following position: Project Manager at Blue Yonder, Germany)
2012
academic placements
Born, Benjamin
Associate Professor, University of Mannheim (following position: Professor, Bonn University)
Kranz, Sebastian
Assistant Professor, University of Ulm (following position: Professor, University of Ulm)
Lang, Matthias
Postdoc, Humboldt University of Berlin (following placement: Assistant Professor, Free University Berlin)
Pfeifer, Johannes
Assistant professor, University of Tübingen (following position: Assistant Professor, University of Mannheim)
Pönitzsch, Gert
Research Associate, Kiel Insitute for the World Economy (following position: Research Associate, University of Heidelberg)
Schwerhoff, Gregor
Postdoc, Potsdam Insitute for Climate Impact Research
Szech, Nora
Professor, University of Bamberg (following position: Professor, Karlsruhe Insitute of Technology)
non academic (private sector)
Ewers, Mara
German Economic Institute, Cologne
Gider, Jasmin
KPMG Corporate Finance Inc. (following position: Postdoc, University of Bonn)
Homm Ulrich
Risk Management, Talanx AG
Kurka, Stephan
Ernst & Young
2011
academic placements
Ebert, Sebastian
Assistant Professor, Tilburg University (following positions: Professor, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management; Professor, University of Heidelberg)
Goldlücke (geb. Ohlendorf), Susanne
Assistant Professor, University of Mannheim (following position: Professor, University of Konstanz)
Herweg, Fabian
Assistant Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (following position: Professor, University of Bayreuth)
Seel, Christian
Associate Professor, Maastricht University (following position: Full Professor, Maastricht University)
Seithe, Mirco
Postdoc, Fraunhofer Institute
Sorge, Marco Maria
Postdoc, University of Salerno, Italy (following positions: Postdoc, University of Napole/Federico II, Italy; 2014: Assistant Professor, University of Göttingen)
Westheide, Christian
Assistant Professor, University of 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
Engagement Manager, Mc Kinsey & Company (following positions: VP Digitalization, DHL Express; Head of Corporate Strategy and Communicatons, thyssenkrupp Materials Services )
Rieck, Thomas
Global Transfer Pricing Service, KPMG
2010
academic placements
Mierendorff, Konrad
Senior Research Associate, University of Zurich (following placement: Assistant Professor, University College London)
non academic (public sector)
Schlusche, Bernd
Economist, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, USA
non academic (private sector)
Cadena Ibarra, Juan Marcelo
Asset Management Advisory, Ernst & Young
Koch, Stefan
Mc Kinsey & Company (following position: CEO Leaseplan, Germany)
academic placements
Altmann, Steffen
Postdoc, Insitute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn (following positions: Senior Research Associate, IZA; Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen)
Balleer, Almut
Assistant Professor, University of Stockholm (following placement: Professor RWTH Aachen)
Georganas, Sotiris
Postdoc, Ohio State University (following placement: Lecturer, University of London)
Schulze, Klaas
Postdoc, University of Toronto (following position: Postdoc McMaster University; Postdoc, Swiss Finance Institute)
Weinschenk, Philipp
Research Fellow, Max Planck Insitute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn (following 2015 Professor, TU Kaiserslautern)
non academic (public sector)
Marklein, Felix
Federal Ministry of Finance
Sonntag, Marcus
Economist, German Central Bank
non academic (private sector)
Engelage, Daniel
Associate, KDB Krall Demmel business Consulting GmbH (following position: Consultant, True North Partners, London)
Hengelbrock, Jördis
Consultant, Oliver Wyman GmbH (following position: Analyst, Sal. Oppenheim)
Junker, Simon
Economist, Commerzbank (following position: Research Associate, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW))
Matzke, Christiane
Boston Consulting Group