University of Wisconsin–Madison

People Type: Visit Day 2024

Cohen, Ruth

I’m a third-year student in the joint economics and finance program, interested in household finance. I’m from Minnesota and graduated from Kenyon College with a BA in economics. Before coming to Madison, I worked as an RA at the Boston Fed for three years. I’m happy to chat about the joint finance program, starting the …

Cui, Minnie

Hey there! I’m a fourth-year student in the joint program in Economics and Finance. I’m from Toronto, Canada. After studying Economics at the University of Toronto, I worked at the Bank of Canada, the Canadian central bank, as an RA and Analyst for almost 4 years. My research interests are in financial IO. I’m happy …

Doneda Mittelstadt, Davi

Biography Hi! I am a fifth-year student from Brazil. I have bachelor’s degrees in international relations and in economics from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), and a master’s in economics from the Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). I also worked at the Rio Grande do Sul State Government and …

Eley, Marlena

Hey there! I’m a fifth-year macro student. I graduated from Barnard College in 2016 with my BA in econ and received my MS in econ from Georgetown in 2020. I worked in consulting in LA (where I’m from) and DC before I found myself in Madison. I began the program thinking I would study labor …

Frias Sarraf, Cutberto

Hi! I am a third-year student from Mexico. Before coming to UW, I obtained a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science, and a master’s degree in economics from ITAM. I also worked for a few years in the central bank of Mexico. My research interests are macroeconomics and finance. Please feel free to contact …

Gold, Danny

I’m a sixth-year student originally from rural Washington State (Republic, WA). I studied Economics at Western Washington University for my BA and at the University of Toronto for my MA. I worked as an RA at the Richmond Fed’s Baltimore branch for a few years before entering the PhD program. I study topics related to …

Juergens, Jakob

Biography I am a fourth-year Ph.D. student from Germany. Before coming to Madison, I obtained bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics from Bonn University. There, I also worked as a research assistant/programmer at a statistics institute. My research interests lie in theoretical econometrics and mathematical statistics, and I am currently studying the nonparametric estimation of …

Li, Xuexin

Hey there! I am a third-year Ph.D student from China. I finished my undergrad at Central University of Finance and Economics, and my master’s at UW-Madison. I am currently interested in international economics and macroeconomics. I would be glad to make new friends and share my experiences here. Feel free to drop me an email …

Marron, Lucas

Hello! I am currently a second-year student in the joint Economics and Urban/Real Estate program. I am interested in topics related to education and housing, and general applied micro. I grew up in Oregon and got my BS in Economics and Mathematics (minor in Poli Sci) at the University of Oregon. Before coming to Wisconsin, …

Nattinger, Michael

Hello! I am a sixth-year student in the joint program in economics and finance. This Fall, I will be joining the Economics department at Carnegie Mellon-Tepper as an Assistant Professor. I work with U.S. administrative data in the Wisconsin Research Data Center, and study macroeconomics by bringing highly detailed micro data to macro models. I …