Students at the University of Maryland

Current advisees:

• Souvik Gupta
• Fernando Im
• Hyun Soo Joo
• Takuji Komatsuzaki
• Agustin Roitman
• Eduardo Olaberria

Chaired dissertations:

• Zhikun Qi (Ph.D., 2009 (expected). Placement: Fanny Mae.
• Juliana Araujo (Ph.D., 2009 (expected)). Placement: IMF.
• Ha Nguyen (co-chair; Ph.D., 2009 (expected)). Placement: Macroeconomics Division, World Bank.
• Christian Daude (co-chair, Ph.D, 2008). Placement: Economist, Inter-American Development Bank.
• Guillermo Vuletin (co-chair; Ph.D, 2007). Placement: Assistant Professor, Colby College.

Member of dissertation committees:

• Ethan Ilzetzki (chair: A. Drazen). Placement: Assistant Professor, LSE.
• Ran Bi (chair: E. Mendoza). Placement: Economist Program, International Monetary Fund.

• Irani Arraiz (Ph.D., 2006; chair: E. Mendoza). Placement: Economist, Inter-American Development Bank.
• Emine Boz (Ph.D., 2006; chair: E. Mendoza). Placement: Economist Program, International Monetary Fund
• Bora Durdu (Ph.D., 2006; chair: E. Mendoza).
• Leopoldo Avellan (Ph.D., 2005; chair: C. Reinhart). Dissertation title: Essays on Multiple Exchange Rate Systems.

Outside member of dissertation committees:

· Julio Guzman (School of Public Policy; chair: C. Graham)

· Hyun Koo Cho (Ph.D., 2007; School of Public Policy; chair: I. M. Destler). Dissertation title: The American Banker as International Investor: Have the New Banking Powers Increased the Volatility of Lending into Emerging Economies?”