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, Boston Consulting).
Here is a chronological overview (following placements are given if known):
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 Universidad del CEMA (following 2024: Assistant Professor, Erasmus School of Economics Rotterdam)
Kreutzkamp, Sophie Alexandra
postdoc, Oxford, followed by lecturer, University of Manchester, UK (in 2024)
Lahr, Patrick
Postdoc, Paris-Saclay University, France
Niemeyer, Axel
Assistant Professor, Caltech - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
Preusser, Justus
Postdoc, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
Schäfer, Paul
Lecturer, University of Leicester School of Business, UK
non academic (public sector)
Duque Gabriel, Ricardo
Postdoc, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge (MA), USAEconomist, European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
Gnewuch, Matthias
Economist, European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
Simon, Lenard
Economist, SVR (Sachverständigenrat) German Council of Economic Experts, Germany
non academic (private sector)
Schmitz, Fabian
Analyst, Consulting Company "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)
Ehrmantraut, Laura
Scientific Staff Member, Statistisches Bundesamt
Pessoa, Ana Sofia
Economist, International Monetary Fund
Domínguez-Díaz, Rubén
Research Economist, Bank of Spain
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, Köln
2021
academic placements
Khismatullina, Marina
Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Neuber, Thomas
Assistant Professor, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), 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
PhD Research Economist, Banque de France
Bartscher, Alina
Research Unit, 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
Becker, Anke
Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School, USA
Chen, Si
Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, Austria
Gräber, Thomas
Postdoc Harvard Business School (following 2020: Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School, USA)
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 at briq, Bonn
Strang, Louis
Postdoc, University of Cologne
non academic (public sector)
Albert, Branislav
Research analyst, Central bank, Slovakia
Luxen, Christina
Bundeskartellamt, Bonn
Schaube, Sebastian
Economist at 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, Raifeisenbank International, Vienna, Austria
2019
academic placements
Kuvshinov, Dmitry
Assistant Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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 (following: Assistant Professor of Economics Rice University, Houston, Texas
Chen Yao
Assistant Professor, Erasmus School of Economics Rotterdam
Gamp, Tobias
Postdoc, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Graeber, Thomas
Postdoc, Harvard University, USA
Kosse, Fabian
Associate Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 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-Zentrum f. Internat. Management & Wissensökonomie (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 Berlin (following 2021: Assistant Professor University of Vienna)
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) (following 2021: Senior Economist, KfW Banking group, Bonn/Berlin)
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
Associate 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, Frederik
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, Ronald
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 (following placement: CEO Leaseplan, Germany)
Szech, Nora
Professor, Karlsruhe
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 (following 2015 Professor, TU Kaiserslautern)
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