New Research Associates, Faculty Research Fellows Named

The NBER Board of Directors appointed 14 research associates at its April 2019 meeting. New research associates, who must be tenured faculty members at North American colleges or universities, are recommended to the board by the directors of the NBER's 20 research programs, typically after consultation with a steering committee of leading scholars in the program area. Two of the new research associates were previously faculty research fellows.
Faculty research fellows, who are appointed by the NBER president, must hold primary academic appointments in North America. They also are recommended by program directors and their steering committees in the culmination of a highly competitive process that begins with a call for nominations in January. Candidates are evaluated based on their research records and their capacity to contribute to the NBER's activities. This year, 246 researchers were nominated for faculty research fellowships; 47 were appointed. 
The 61 newly-appointed researchers are affiliated with 35 different colleges and universities. They completed graduate studies at 29 different institutions. On May 1, there were 1,219 NBER research associates and 345 faculty research fellows. 
The newly appointed researchers, their universities, and their NBER program affiliations, are listed below. Entries in italics indicate research associates who were promoted from the rank of faculty research fellows. 

Research Associates

• Francisco Buera, Washington University in St. Louis, Economic Fluctuations and Growth
• Davin Chor, Dartmouth College, International Trade and Investment
• Isil Erel, Ohio State University, Corporate Finance
• Nicole Fortin, University of British Columbia, Labor Studies
• Erica Fuchs, Carnegie Mellon University, Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
• Jessica Goldberg, University of Maryland, Development Economics
• Fabian Lange, McGill University, Labor Studies
• Benjamin Moll, Princeton University, Economic Fluctuations and Growth
• Daniel Rees, University of Colorado at Denver, Health Economics
• Aysegul Sahin, University of Texas at Austin, Monetary Economics
• Angelino Viceisza, Spelman College, Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
• Alessandra Voena, University of Chicago, Labor Studies
• Maisy Wong, University of Pennsylvania, Development of the American Economy
• Leeat Yariv, Princeton University, Political Economy

Faculty Research Fellows

• Anjali Adukia, University of Chicago, Economics of Education
• Jennie Bai, Georgetown University, Asset Pricing
• Jie Bai, Harvard University, Development Economics
• Scott Baker, Northwestern University, Public Economics
• Silvia Barcellos, University of Southern California, Aging
• Lauren Bergquist, University of Michigan, Development Economics
• Judson Boomhower, University of California at San Diego, Environmental and Energy Economics
• Fiona Burlig, University of Chicago, Environmental and Energy Economics
• Patrick Button, Tulane University, Aging
• Eric Chyn, University of Virginia, Public Economics
• Zach Cooper, Yale University, Health Care
• Clement de Chaisemartin, University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics of Education
• Wenxin Du, University of Chicago, Asset Pricing
• Mark Egan, Harvard University, Corporate Finance
• Michael Ewens, California Institute of Technology, Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
• Maryam Farboodi, MIT, Asset Pricing
• Adam Guren, Boston University, Monetary Economics
• Kyle Handley, University of Michigan, International Trade and Investment
• Tatiana Homonoff, New York University, Public Economics
• John Horton, New York University, Labor Studies
• Gaston Illanes, Northwestern University, Industrial Organization
• Ruixue Jia, University of California at San Diego, Political Economy
• Réka Juhász, Columbia University, Development of the American Economy
• Krzysztof Karbownik, Emory University, Children
• Ethan Lieber, University of Notre Dame, Health Care
• Ilse Lindenlaub, Yale University, Economic Fluctuations and Growth
• Michael Luca, Harvard University, Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
• Issac Mbiti, University of Virginia, Development Economics
• Robert Metcalfe, Boston University, Environment and Energy Economics
• Ferdinando Monte, Georgetown University, International Trade and Investment
• Erik Nesson, Ball State University, Health Economics
• Pablo Ottonello, University of Michigan, International Finance and Macroeconomics
• Analisa Packham, Miami University, Children
• Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, University of Texas at Austin, International Finance and Macroeconomics
• Santiago Pérez, University of California at Davis, Development of the American Economy
• Giorgia Piacentino, Columbia University, Corporate Finance
• Tobias Salz, MIT, Industrial Organization
• Raul Sanchez de le Sierra, University of California at Berkeley, Political Economy
• Heather Sarsons, University of Chicago, Labor Studies
• Molly Schnell, Northwestern University, Health Care
• Ludwig Straub, Harvard University, Monetary Economics
• Pietro Tebaldi, University of Chicago, Industrial Organization
• Owen Thompson, Williams College, The Program on Children
• Andrea Vedolin, Boston University, Asset Pricing
• Kevin Williams, Yale University, Industrial Organization
• Jack Willis, Columbia University, Development Economics
• Constantine Yannelis, University of Chicago, Education