Students
Last updated: 2025-12-19
Graduate
Name
Year
Institution
Field(s)
Initial Placement
Hanzhe Zhang
2015
Chicago
Applied Theory, Market Design
Michigan State University
Kentaro Tomoeda
2016
Harvard
Theory, Market Design
University of Technology Sydney
Benjamin Roth
2017
MIT
Development, Market Design
Harvard Business School, EM Unit
Ging Cee Ng
2018
Chicago
Applied Micro, Public Finance
Analysis Group
Neil Thakral
M
2018
Harvard
Applied Micro, Behavioral
Brown University
Carmen Wang
2018
Harvard
Market Design, Experimental
Uber
Abraham Holland
2019
Harvard
Development, Market Design
Institute for Defense Analyses
Yosub Jung
2019
Harvard
Finance, Entrepreneurship
Analysis Group
Zhe Feng
2021
Harvard
Market Design
Google Research
Eliza Oak
2024
Yale
Web3/Governance
Optimism
Legend:
- M = Awarded the Martin Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research in Business Economics
- SIGecom = Awarded the ACM SIGecom Doctoral Dissertation Award
Undergraduate
Name
Degree
Year
Graduate Institution (if any)
Janet Lu
NSF
PBK
AB, summa
2014
Columbia (PhD)
Zoë Hitzig
H
AB, magna
2016
Cambridge (MPhil); Harvard (PhD)
David Freed
H
Ha
PBK
AB, magna (highest honors); SM
2016
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Evan Zimmerman
BA + honors
2016
Berkeley (Law)
Nathaniel Ver Steeg
H
PBK
AB, summa
2017
Cambridge (MPhil)
Jo Ellery
H
AB, magna (highest honors)
2021
Harvard (PhD)
Seven Richmond
AB
2022
Tsinghua University (MMS; Schwarzman Scholarship)
Yunseo Choi
H
Mo
NSF
PBK
AB, magna
2025
MIT (PhD)
Legend:
- NSF = Awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- PBK = Phi Beta Kappa
- H = Awarded the Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize
- Ha = Awarded the Seymour E. and Ruth B. Harris Prize
- Mo = Awarded the AMS-MAA-SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize
- W = Awarded the Jacob Wendell Scholarship Prize
Economic Design Fellows
Name
Home Institution
Year(s)
Field(s)
Next port of call
Max Cytrynbaum
Chicago
2015
Market Design
MIT (PhD)
Nick Jaeger
Woodside Priory
2015
Applied Micro
Harvard (AB)
Robbie Minton
Chicago
2016
Price Theory, Applied Micro
Harvard (PhD)
Joseph Shayani
PBK
Stanford
2016
Theory, Computer Science, Market Design
MIT (PhD)
Daniel Chavez
Chicago
2017
Theory, Applied Micro
Analysis Group
George Hou
PRIMO
Harvard
2017
Applied Micro
Silver Lake
Alan Lam
Harvard
2017
Entrepreneurship
PJT
Winston Shum
Lawrenceville
2017
Entrepreneurship, Sustainability
Stanford (BA)
Charlie Ughetta
Princeton
2017
Entrepreneurship, Finance
Jefferies
Franklyn Wang
RSI
Thomas Jefferson
2017–2018
Theory, Math, Market Design, Computer Science
Harvard (AB)
Claire Shi
PRIMO
PBK
Harvard
2018
Behavioral, Market Design
Harvard (PhD)
Michael Zarian
PRIMO
Harvard
2018
Entrepreneurship
Norwest Venture Partners
Gerald Xu
Deerfield
2018
Theory, Math, Market Design
Harvard (AB)
Matthew Shum
Lakeside School
2018
Theory, Math, Market Design
Harvard (AB)
Aditya Dhar
PRIMO
PRISE
Harvard
2019
Theory, Econometrics
US CEA
Jimmy Lin
PRIMO
Harvard
2019
Theory, Computer Science
Quantco
Douglas Yang
Andover
2019
Math
Harvard (AB)
Siye Zhu
PRISE
PBK
Harvard
2019
Theory, Applied Micro
Two Sigma
Yunseo Choi
H
RSI
PBK
Exeter
2020
Theory, Math
Harvard (AB)
Louis Golowich
PRIMO
Harvard
2020
Theory, Computer Science
Berkeley (PhD)
Andrew Garber
PRIMO
PBK
Harvard
2021–2022
Theory, Math, Market Design
QuantCo
Suat Evren
PRIMO
MIT
2022
Theory, Computer Science, Market Design
Radix Trading
Legend:
- W = Awarded the Jacob Wendell Scholarship Prize
- H = Awarded the Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize
- PRISE = Program for Research in Science and Engineering Fellow
- PRIMO = Program for Research in Markets and Organizations Fellow
- RSI = Research Science Institute Summer Scholar
- Mo = Awarded the AMS-MAA-SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize
- PBK = Phi Beta Kappa
a16z crypto Summer Interns
Name
Home Institution
Year(s)
Topic(s)
Andrew Komo
MIT
2023
Auction Design, Network Tokens
Eliza Oak
Yale
2023
Governance
Jason Milionis
Columbia
2024
DePIN
Michael Crystal
Stanford
2025
Decentralized Auditing, Membership Design