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 as well 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):
2026
Academic Placements
Calderon, Luis
Postdoc, University of Bonn, Germany
Fang, Chencheng
Research Fellow, University College London, UK
Hamaniuk, Oleksii
Research Fellow, Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine
Höppner, Björn
Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kecht, Valentin
Postdoc, EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), Switzerland
Meyer, Timothy
Postdoc, Columbia University, USA (following position: Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Radeva, Yana
Postdoc, University of Cologne, Germany
Weber, Johannes
Postdoc, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Wang, Lixing
Postdoc, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Non-Academic (Public Sector)
Gilch, Alexandros
Referent, German Council of Economic Experts ("Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung")
Ranaldi, Lorenzo
Research fellow, Bank of Italy, Italy
Non-Academic (Private Sector)
Laubel, Alexander
Analyst, Frontier Economics Ltd., Germany
Sowa, Alina
Risk Controlling, DZ Bank, Germany
2025
Academic Placements
Brinkmann, Christina
Assistant Professor, Boston University, USA
Nam, Leanne
Postdoc, University of Mannheim, Germany (following position: Assistant Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark)
Scherer, Jan
Postdoc, University of Bonn, Germany
Wegmann, Jakob
Postdoc, RFBerlin, Germany
Non-Academic (Public Sector)
Grimm, Maximilian
Economist, Federal Reserve Board, Washington D.C., USA
Musolff, Robin
Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung, Germany (following position: Postdoc, University of Cologne, Germany)
Schlattmann, Lennard
Economist, Dutch Central Bank, Netherlands
Stiepelmann, Gero
Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, USA
Non-Academic (Private Sector)
Block, Simon
Senior Analyst, ABC economics, Germany
Luther, Louis
Risk Management, HDI AG, Germany
Sorbera, Silvio
Lear, Italy
2024
Academic Placements
Amelio, Andrea
Postdoc, Bocconi University, Italy
Damast, Dominik
Assistant Professor, LUISS Guido Carli, Italy
Günnur, Ege Bilgin
Assistant Professor, TED University, Turkey
Kornejew, Martin
Assistant Professor, Bocconi University, Italy
Kozakiewicz, Marta
Postdoc, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany (following position: Postdoc, University of Heidelberg, Germany)
Mendel, Moritz
Postdoc, Aalto University, Finland
Osswald do Amaral, Francisco
Assistant Professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Risco Bermejo, Miguel
Postdoc, Bocconi University, Italy
Schulze Tilling, Anna
Postdoc, Bocconi University, Italy (following position: Assistant Professor, University of Glasgow, UK)
Zimpelmann, Christian
Postdoc, University Hamburg, Germany
Non-Academic (Private Sector)
Bodur, Elif
Product Analyst, Refurbed, Austria
Cosentino, Melina
Senior Consultant, PwC, Germany
Petrosyan, Mariam
Model Validation Senior Specialist, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany
2023
Academic Placements
Chen, Kailin
Postdoc, Aalto University, Finland
Destan, Cavit Görkem
Assistant Professor, TED University, Turkey
Günther, Laurenz Richard Kuno
Postdoc, Bocconi University, Italy
Henkel, Luca
Postdoc, University of Chicago and University of CEMA, USA (following position: Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Kreutzkamp, Sophie Alexandra
Postdoc, University of Oxford, UK (following position: Lecturer, University of Manchester, UK)
Lahr, Patrick
Postdoc, ENS Paris-Saclay, France
Niemeyer, Axel
Assistant Professor, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA
Preusser, Justus
Postdoc, Bocconi University, Italy
Schäfer, Paul
Lecturer, University of Leicester, UK
Weiß, Maximilian
Postdoc, University of Tübingen, Germany
Non-Academic (Public Sector)
Dobkowitz, Sonja
Postdoc, German Institute for Economic Research, Germany (following position: Economist, German Institute for Economic Research, Germany)
Duque Gabriel, Ricardo
Economist, Federal Reserve Board, USA
Gnewuch, Matthias
Economist, European Stability Mechanism, Luxembourg
Kohler, Thomas
Digitalization Officer, Trossingen City Administration, Germany
Rachidi, Tobias
Researcher, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany
Simon, Lenard
Economist, German Council of Economic Experts, Germany
Non-Academic (Private Sector)
Freyer, Timo
Data Scientist, AXA, Germany
Holler, Radost
Senior Data Scientist, Pricing Department at Metro, Germany
Schmitz, Fabian
Analyst, Frontier Economics Ltd., Germany (following position: Economist, Federal Cartel Office, Germany)
2022
Academic Placements
Andre, Peter
Postdoc, briq, Germany (following position: Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt and SAFE, Germany)
Chopra, Felix
Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (following position: Assistant Professor, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany)
Fang, Ximeng
Postdoc, University of Oxford, UK
Non-Academic (Public Sector)
Domínguez-Díaz, Rubén
Research Economist, Bank of Spain, Spain
Ehrmantraut, Laura
Scientific Staff Member, Federal Office of Statistics, Germany
Pessoa, Ana Sofia
Economist, International Monetary Fund, USA
Non-Academic (Private Sector)
Apenbrink, Christian
Data Scientist, REWE Group, Germany
Röhrl, Klara
Software Developer, node.energy GmbH, Frankfurt
Russ, Kilian
Associate Consultant, McKinsey & Company, Germany
Schmieter, Finn
Specialist, Finance Actuarial Department, AXA, Germany
Stumpe, Valentin
Consultant, Kienbaum Consultants, Germany (following position: Consultant, Boston Consulting Group, Germany)
2021
Academic Placements
Khismatullina, Marina
Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Neuber, Thomas
Assistant Professor, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain (following position: Manager Forensic Data Analytics, PwC, Germany)
Rother, Simon
Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark (following position: Assistant Professor, University of Mannheim, Germany)
Voß, Paul
Assistant Professor, Central European University, Austria (following position: Assistant Professor, HEC Paris, France)
Zimmermann, Kaspar
Postdoc, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE, Germany (following position: Associate Professor, University of Hamburg, Germany)
Non-Academic (Public Sector)
Arvai, Kai
Research Economist, Bank of France, France (following position: Economist, European Central Bank, Germany)
Bartscher, Alina
Research Economist, Central Bank of Denmark, Denmark (following position: Assitant Professor, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany)
Ploj, Gašper
Research Economist, Analysis and Research Department, Bank of Slovenia, Slovenia
Non-Academic (Private Sector)
Ananyev, Mikhail
Data Analyst, Lingoda GmbH, Germany (following position: Data Scientist, Hypofriend GmbH, Germany)
Han, Hua-Jing
Strategic Analyst, Telekom, Germany (following position: Principal Consultant, Comma Soft AG, Gerrmany)
Klümper, Andreas
Pricing Manager, DHL, Germany (following position: Vice President Strategic Pricing, DHL, Germany)
2020
Academic Placements
Chen, Si
Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, Austria (following position: Lecturer, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China)
Heese, Carl
Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, Austria (following position: Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China)
Ignaszak, Marek
Assistant Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Kattwinkel, Deniz
Assistant Professor, University College London, UK
Knoepfle, Jan
Postdoc, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland (following position: Associate Professor, Queen Mary University of London, UK)
Stans, Renske
Postdoc, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands (following position: Researcher, Netherlands Court of Audit, Netherlands)
Stötzer, Lasse
Personal Assistant to the CEO, briq, Germany (following position: Science for Policy Researcher, European Commission, Belgium)
Strang, Louis
Postdoc, University of Cologne, Germany
Non-Academic (Public Sector)
Albert, Branislav
Research Analyst, Central bank, Slovakia
Luxen, Christina
Federal Cartel Office, Germany
Schaube, Sebastian
Economist, Federal Ministry for Ecomomic Affairs and Energy, Germany
Non-Academic (Private Sector)
Becker, Daniel
Data Scientist, AXA, Germany
Kulms, Marius
Reinsurance Actuary, Continentale Versicherungsverbund, Germany
Speit, Andre
Ritzenhoefer & Company, Germany
Wogrolly, Axel
Quantitative Developer, Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Austria
2019
Academic Placements
Bašić, Zvonimir
Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Germany (following position: Assistant Professor, University of Glasgow, UK)
Kuvshinov, Dmitry
Assistant Professor, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain (following positon: Associate Professor, University of Pompeu Fabra University, Spain)
Non-Academic (Public Sector)
Kotidis, Antonios
Economist, Federal Reserve Board, USA
Non-Academic (Private Sector)
Hofmeier, Jana
Manager, PwC Financial Services, Germany
Klein (geb. Fuchs), Saskia
Expert Investment Controller, METRO AG, Germany
Schran, Felix
Senior Data Scientist, AXA, Germany
2018
Academic Placements
Bobkova, Nina
Assistant Professor, European University Institute, Italy (following position: Associate Professor, Rice University, USA)
Chen, Yao
Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands (following position: Associate professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Gamp, Tobias
Postdoc, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (following position: Lecturer, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany)
Graeber, Thomas
Postdoc, Harvard Business School, USA (following position: Professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Kosse, Fabian
Associate Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany (following position: Professor of Economics, University of Würzburg, Germany)
Mann, Katja
Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Ward, Felix
Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Nertherlands (following position: Associate Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Nertherlands)
Non-Academic (Public Sector)
Hartung, Benjamin
Economist, European Central Bank, Germany
Kocaata, Zeki
Economic Policy Consultant, OECD, France (following position: Senior Director, GSK Ltd., Germany)
Vosen, Agnes
Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy (IMW), Germany (following position: Head of Human and Technology, Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Germany)
Non-Academic (Private Sector)
Hols, Christopher
Strategy Consultant, Accenture, Germany (following position: Director Financial Planning and Analysis, Viega Ltd., Germany)
Püttmann, Lukas
Consultant, McKinsey Analytics
Walders, Fabian
Consultant, Ritzenhoefer & Company (following position: Principal, Meryts, Germany)
2017
Academic Placements
Conze, Maximilian
Postdoc, 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, Germany (following position: Associate Professor, University of Vienna, Austria)
Meier, Matthias
Assistant Professor, University of Mannheim, Germany (following posiiton: Professor, University of Mannheim, Germany)
Scherf, Robert
Research Associate, Harvard Business School, USA (following position: Associate Director, BRG, UK)
Willrodt, Jana
Postdoc, DICE, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany
Wolf, Martin
Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, Austria (following position: Associate Professor, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland)
Non-Academic (Public Sector)
Herold, Jens Gerrit
Economist, German Council of Economic Experts, Germany (following position: Investment Strategist, Ampega, Germany)
Scheer, Alexander
Economist, German Central Bank, Germany
Non-Academic (Private Sector)
Schickner, Benjamin
TWS Partners AG, Germany
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, USA (following position: Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School, USA)
Chen, Bo
Assistant Professor, Wuhan University, China (following position: Associate Professor, Shenzhen University, China)
Cheng, Chunli
Postdoc, University of Hamburg, Germany (following position: Lecturer, Deakin University, Australia)
Drerup, Tilman
Postdoc, Stanford University, USA (following position: Senior Director, Instacart, USA)
Enke, Benjamin
Associate Professor, Harvard University, USA
Hansen, Emanuel
Assistant Professor, University of Köln, Germany (following position: Associate Professor, LMU Munich, Germany)
Hillenbrand, Adrian
Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Research of Collective Goods, Germany (following position: Associate Professor, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Kleiner, Andreas
Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, USA (following position: Professor, University of Bonn, Germany)
Lütticke, Ralph
Assistant Professor, University College London, UK (following position: Professor, University of Tübingen, Germany)
Salish, Mirjam
Visiting Professor, Charles III University of Madrid, Spain (following position: Economic Analyst, European Commission, Austria)
Salish, Nazarii
Assistant Professor, Charles III University of Madrid, Spain (following position: Associate Professor, Charles III University of Madrid, Spain)
Schilling, Linda
Assistant Professor, University of Utrecht, Netherlands (following position: Assistant Professor, Washington University in St Louis, USA)
Schwerter, Frederik
Assistant Professor, University of Köln, Germany (following position: Associate Professor, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany)
Non-Academic (Public Sector)
Kirsch, Florian
Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung, Federal Office of Statistics (German Council of Economic Experts)
Luck, Stephan
Economist, Federal Reserve Board, USA (following position: Financial Research Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, USA)
Non-Academic (Private Sector)
Aigner, Rafael
Consultant for DIW Econ, Germany (following position: Senior Vice President, AlixPartners, Germany)
Herbst, Holger
Associate, McKinsey & Company (following position: Vice President, DHL Express, Germany)
2015
Academic Placements
Cakici, Meral
Assistant Professor, Piri Reis University, Turkey (following position: Professor, Piri Reis University, Turkey)
Müller, Daniel
Professor, University of Würzburg, Germany
Roesler, Anne-Katrin
Research Associate, Northwestern University, USA (following: Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Canada)
Wibral, Matthias
Associate Professor, University of Maastricht, Netherlands
Non-Academic (Public Sector)
Grodecka, Anna
Senior Economist, Swedish Central Bank, Sweden; Associate Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden
Hacioglu, Sinem
Bank of England (following position: Principal Economist, Federal Reserve Board, USA)
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, Germany (following position: Manager, Analysys Mason, Germany)
2014
Academic Placements
Bierbrauer, Christoph
Professor, Cologne Business School, Germany
Dizdar, Deniz
Assistant Professor, University of Montreal, Canada (following position: Associate 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, Goethe University Frankfurt (following position: Professor, University of Hohenheim, Germany)
Hilpert, Christian
Postdoc, University of Hamburg, Germany (following position: Senior Lecturer, Deakin University, Australia)
Wellschmied, Felix
Assistant Professor, University Charles III of Madrid, Spain (following position: Associate 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, USA(following position: Professor, Yale University, USA)
Terstiege, Stefan
Assistant Professor, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Westkamp, Alexander
Assistant Professor, Maastricht University, Netherlands (following position: Associate Professor, University of Cologne, Germany)
Zimmermann, Florian
Postdoc, University of Zurich, Switzerland (following position: Professor, University of Bonn, Germany)
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
Assistant Professor, University of Mannheim, Germany (following position: Professor, University of Bonn, Germany)
Kranz, Sebastian
Assistant Professor, University of Ulm, Germany (following position: Professor, University of Ulm, Germany)
Lang, Matthias
Postdoc, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (following placement: Assistant Professor, Free University Berlin, Germany)
Pfeifer, Johannes
Assistant professor, University of Tübingen, Germany (following position: Professor, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Germany)
Pönitzsch, Gert
Research Associate, Kiel Insitute for the World Economy, Germany (following position: Senior Manager, Deilotte, Germany)
Schwerhoff, Gregor
Postdoc, Potsdam Insitute for Climate Impact Research, Germany (following position: Economist, International Monetary Fund, USA)
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, Netherlands (following position: Professor, University of Heidelberg, Germany)
Goldlücke (geb. Ohlendorf), Susanne
Assistant Professor, University of Mannheim, Germany (following position: Professor, University of Konstanz, Germany)
Herweg, Fabian
Assistant Professor, LMU Munich, Germany (following position: Professor, University of Bayreuth, Germany)
Seel, Christian
Associate Professor, Maastricht University (following position: Professor, Maastricht University, Netherlands)
Seithe, Mirco
Postdoc, Fraunhofer Institute
Sorge, Marco Maria
Postdoc, University of Salerno, Italy (following position: Assistant Professor, University of Salerno, Italy)
Westheide, Christian
Assistant Professor, University of Mannheim, Germany (following position: Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden)
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 position: Professor, University College London, UK)
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, IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Germany (following position: Professor, University of Würzburg, Germany)
Balleer, Almut
Assistant Professor, University of Stockholm (following placement: Professor, RWTH Aachen, Germany)
Georganas, Sotiris
Postdoc, Ohio State University (following placement: Associate Professor, University of London, UK)
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, Germany (following position: Professor, University of Hohenheim, Germany)
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