Three additions to the company of scholars

The latest additions to the department's roster of Ph.D.s are Pinar Uysal, Vitaliy Strohush and Giuseppe Fiori, who successfully defended their dissertations in the last week of July.

Pinar Uysal, a native of Turkey, wrote "Essays in Macroeconomics," advised by Prof. Fabio Ghironi. She will take a post-doc position at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland.

Vitaliy Strohush, a native of Ukraine, wrote "Aggregate Shocks, Idiosyncratic Shocks and Global Imbalances," advised by Prof. Matteo Iacoviello. He will take an academic position at Elon University in North Carolina.

Guiseppe Fiori, a native of Italy, wrote "Essays on Investment, Regulation and Labor Market Frictions," advised by Prof. Matteo Iacoviello. He will take a position in the Research Department of the Bank of Italy.

Our congratulations to all!

4 August 2009