Robert Shimer

Department Chair and the Alvin H. Baum Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2003). Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow of the Econometric Society (2006).

Office: SHFE 411
Phone: (773) 702-8260
Executive Assistant: Robin Dolezal (773) 702-8260


Ufuk Akcigit

The Arnold C. Harberger Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2015); Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award, 2018; Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2021; Fellow of the Econometric Society (2021). [Leave of Absence Fall 2022-Spring 2023]

Office: SHFE 403
Phone: (773) 702-0433
Executive Assistant: Robin Dolezal (773) 702-8260


Fernando Alvarez

The Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 1996). Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow of The Econometric Society (2007).

Office: SHFE 407
Phone: (773) 702-4412
Executive Assistant: Amymarie Anderson (773) 702-3478


Stéphane Bonhomme

The Ann L. and Lawrence B. Buttenwieser Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2013); Fellow of the Econometric Society (2017). [Leave of Absence 2022-2023]

Office: SHFE 325
Phone: (773) 834-6831
Executive Assistant: Brittney Walker (773) 702-3079


Benjamin Brooks

Associate Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2016). [Leave of Absence 2022-2023]

Office: SHFE 316
Phone: (773) 702-2644
Executive Assistant: Amy Anderson (773) 702-3478


Leonardo Bursztyn

The Saieh Family Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2016). Co-Director of the BFI Political Economics Initiative; Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (2016).

Office: SHFE 352
Phone: (773) 795-2971
Executive Assistant: Sonia Doyle (773) 702-9013; sdoyle1@uchicago.edu


Manasi Deshpande

Assistant Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2016); Co-Director of Graduate Placement.

Office: SHFE 347
Phone: (773) 795-2944
Executive Assistant: Robin Dolezal (773) 702-8260


Michael Dinerstein

Assistant Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2015). [Leave of Absence Fall 2022]

Office: SHFE 318
Phone: (773) 795-2937
Assistant: Dolly Shishodia (773) 795-2985


David Galenson

Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 1978). Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2008; Academic Director of the Center for Creativity Economics, Universidad del CEMA, 2010.

Office: SHFE 322
Phone: (773) 702-8258
Executive Assistant: Jamie Temmer (773) 702-3877


Mikhail Golosov

The Homer J. Livingston Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2017); Director of Graduate Studies; Fellow of The Econometric Society (2014).

Office: SHFE 408
Phone: (773) 702-6405
Executive Assistant: Kayla Wierzbicki (773) 834-5240


Michael Greenstone

The Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, the College, and the Harris School; Director of the Becker Friedman Institute; Director of the Energy Policy Institute at Chicago (EPIC) (at Chicago 2000-2003 and since 2014). Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow of The Econometric Society (2015).

Office: 209
Phone: (773) 702-8250
Senior Executive Assistant: Christine Spencer (773) 834-7051


Lars Peter Hansen

The David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Statistics and the Booth School of Business; Director, Macro Financial Research Initiative (at Chicago since 1982). Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1996; 2013 Nobel Laureate; The Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics, 2006; Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow of The Econometric Society (1984); Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Office: SHFE 328
Phone: (773) 702-8170
Executive Assistant: Joy Serletic (773) 702-4862


Arnold C. Harberger

The Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 1953); Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1957; Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow of The Econometric Society (1967); Member of the National Academy of Sciences.


James J. Heckman

The Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 1973); Director of the Center for the Economics of Human Development; Co-Director, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group; 2000 Nobel Laureate; John Bates Clark Medal Winner, 1983. Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1978; Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow of The Econometric Society (1980); Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Office: SHFE 330
Phone: (773) 702-0300


Ali Hortaçsu

The Ralph and Mary Otis Isham Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2001). Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2016; Fellow of The Econometric Society (2013).

Office: SHFE 313
Phone: (773) 702-5841
Executive Assistant: Jamie Temmer (773) 702-3877


Greg Kaplan

Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2016); Fellow of The Econometric Society (2020); Editor, Journal of Political Economy. [Leave of Absence 2022-2023]

Office: SHFE 406
Phone: (773) 795-1288
Executive Assistant: Robin Dolezal (773) 702-8260


Anne Karing

The Neubauer Family Assistant Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2021).

Office: SHFE 437
Phone: (773) 702-3578
Executive Assistant: Brittney Walker (773) 702-3079


Michael Kremer

University Professor in Economics and the College and the Harris School of Public Policy (at Chicago since 2020); Director of the Development Innovation Lab; Faculty Director, Development Economics Center at the University of Chicago; 2019 Nobel Laureate; Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow of The Econometric Society (2008); Member of the National Academy of Sciences. [Leave of Absence 2022-2023]

Office: SHFE 440
Phone: (773) 702-6710
Executive Assistant: Toniann Liotta (773) 702-6288


Thibaut Lamadon

Assistant Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2015).

Office: SHFE 327
Phone: (773) 702-2544
Executive Assistant: Dolly Shishodia (773) 795-2985


Steve Levitt

The William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 1997). John Bates Clark Medal Winner, 2004. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2002; Fellow of the Econometric Society (2004). [Leave of Absence 2022-2023]

Office: SHFE 434
Phone: (773) 702-4862
Executive Assistant: Kayla Wierzbicki (773) 834-5240


John List

The Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2005). Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow of The Econometric Society (2015); Editor, Journal of Political Economy.

Office: SHFE 309
Phone: (773) 702-9811
Executive Assistant: Amymarie Anderson (773) 702-3478


Robert E. Lucas, Jr.

The John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 1974); 1995 Nobel Laureate; Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1981; Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow of The Econometric Society (1975); Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Office: SHFE 312
Phone: (773) 702-8179
Assistant: Virginia Bova (773) 702-8191


Magne Mogstad

The Gary S. Becker Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2014); Head Editor, Journal of Political Economy. Fellow of the Econometric Society (2021).

Office: SHFE 346
Phone: (773) 702-8199
Executive Assistant: Jamie Temmer (773) 702-3877


Simon Mongey

Assistant Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2018); NBER Faculty Research Fellow, Economic Fluctuations and Growth Group. [Leave of Absence 2022-2023]

Office: 324
Phone: (773) 795-2969
Executive Assistant: Shannon Williams (773) 702-1569


Casey Mulligan

Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 1993). [Leave of Absence 2022-2023]

Office: SHFE 343
Phone: (773) 702-9017
Executive Assistant: Ada Barbosa (773) 702-6576


Kevin M. Murphy

The George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College, Booth School of Business and the Law School (at Chicago since 1984); John Bates Clark Medal Winner, 1997; Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow of The Econometric Society (1993).

Office: SHFE 431
Phone: (773) 702-7280
Assistant: Virginia Bova (773) 702-8191


Roger B. Myerson

The David L. Pearson Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College; Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies (at Chicago since 2001); 2007 Nobel Laureate; Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow of The Econometric Society (1983); Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Office: SHFE 439
Phone: (773) 834-9071
Executive Assistant: Ada Barbosa (773) 702-6576


Derek A. Neal

The William C. Norby Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago 1991-1998 and since 2001).

Office: SHFE 412
Phone: (773) 702-8166
Executive Assistant: Sonia Doyle (773) 702-9013; sdoyle1@uchicago.edu


Kirill Ponomarev

Assistant Professor in Economics and the College (at UChicago since 2022)

Office: SHFE 315
Phone: (773) 834-5960
Executive Assistant: Amymarie Anderson (773) 702-3478


Doron Ravid

Assistant Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2015).

Office: SHFE 433
Phone: (773) 795-1530
Executive Assistant: Shannon Williams (773) 702-1569


Philip J. Reny

The Hugo F. Sonnenschein Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 1999). Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2015; Fellow of the Econometric Society (1996).

Office: SHFE 422
Phone: (773) 702-8192
Executive Assistant: Jamie Temmer (773) 702-3877
Executive Assistant email: phillipj@uchicago.edu


Joseph Root

Assistant Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2021).

Office: SHFE 351
Phone: (773) 834-3498
Executive Assistant: Shannon Williams (773) 702-1569


Evan Rose

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor in Economics and the College

Office: SHFE 361
Phone: (773) 834-3116
Executive Assistant: Brittney Walker (773) 702-3079


Esteban Rossi-Hansberg

The Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College (at UChicago since 2021). Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences; Fellow of the Econometric Society (2017); Editor, Journal of Political Economy.

Office: SHFE 405
Phone: (773) 702-9127
Executive Assistant: Kayla Wierzbicki (773) 834-5240


Thomas Sargent

Visiting Professor 2020-21, The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics; 2011 Nobel Laureate; The Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics, 1996; Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow of The Econometric Society (1996); Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Professor of Economics, New York University


Azeem Shaikh

Ralph and Mary Otis Isham Professor in Economics and the College and Thornber Research Fellow (at Chicago since 2007); Fellow of The Econometric Society (2018); Editor, Journal of Political Economy.

Office: SHFE 345
Phone: (773) 702-3621
Executive Assistant: Brittney Walker (773) 702-3079


Nancy L. Stokey

The Frederick Henry Prince Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 1990). 2021 CME Group - MSRI Prize; Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow of The Econometric Society (1987); Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Office: SHFE 326
Phone: (773) 702-0915
Executive Assistant: Kayla Wierzbicki (773) 834-5240


Max Tabord-Meehan

Assistant Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2019).

Office: SHFE 348
Phone: (773) 795-2978
Executive Assistant: Jamie Temmer (773) 702-3877


Felix Tintelnot

Associate Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2014).

Office: SHFE 323
Phone: (773) 702-5403
Executive Assistant: Amymarie Anderson (773) 702-3478


Harald Uhlig

The Bruce Allen and Barbara Ritzenthaler Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 2007); Fellow of The Econometric Society (2003).

Office: SHFE 317
Phone: (773) 702-3702
Executive Assistant: Sonia Doyle (773) 702-9013; sdoyle1@uchicago.edu


Instructional Professors


Ryan Yuhao Fang

Assistant Instructional Professor in Economics and the College
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago (at Chicago since 2016)

Office: SHFE 426
Phone: (773) 834-0887
Executive Assistant: Ada Barbosa (773) 702-6576


Joseph Hardwick

Assistant Instructional Professor in Economics and the College
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago (at Chicago since 2020)

Office: SHFE 014
Phone: (773) 702-8191
Assistant: Virgina Bova


Kanit Kuevibulvanich

Assistant Instructional Professor in Economics and the College
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago (at Chicago since 2017)

Office: SHFE 012
Phone: (773) 834-3056
Executive Assistant: Sonia Doyle (773) 702-9013


Min Sok Lee

Assistant Senior Instructional Professor;
Co-Director of Master’s Programs
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago (at Chicago since 2016)

Office: SHFE 104
Phone: (773) 834-1754
Executive Assistant: Emma Rubenstein (773) 834-1972


Victor O. Lima

Senior Instructional Professor in Economics and the College; Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies and Master’s Programs (at Chicago since 2001).

Office: SHFE 105
Phone: (773) 702-4213
Executive Assistant: Emma Rubenstein (773) 834-1972


Pablo Pena

Assistant Instructional Professor in Economics and the College
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago (at Chicago since 2019)

Office: SHFE 400H
Phone: (773) 702-3410
Assistant: Virginia Bova (773) 702-8191


Gina Pieters

Assistant Instructional Professor in Economics and the College
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago (at Chicago since 2018)

Office: SHFE 428
Phone: (773) 834-5446
Executive Assistant: Shannon Williams (773) 702-1569


Murilo Ramos

Assistant Instructional Professor
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago (at UChicago since 2022)

Office: SHFE 011
Phone: (773) 702-2722
Executive Assistant: Emma Rubenstein (773) 834-1972


Sergio Salas

Associate Instructional Professor in Economics and the College
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago (at UChicago since 2023)

Office: SHFE 435
Phone: (773) 795-2748
Executive Assistant: Ada Barbosa (773) 702-6576


Allen R. Sanderson

Senior Instructional Professor in Economics and the College (at Chicago since 1984).

Office: SHFE 425
Phone: (773) 702-9459
Executive Assistant: Julie Wong


Srinivasan Vasudevan

Assistant Instructional Professor in Economics and the College
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago (at Chicago since 2019)

Office: SHFE 421
Phone: (773) 795-1439
Executive Assistant: Ada Barbosa (773) 702-6576


Kotaro Yoshida

Associate Senior Instructional Professor in Economics and the College; Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies (at Chicago since 2012).

Office: SHFE 013
Phone: (773) 834-7839
Executive Assistant: Julie Wong


Rui Zhao

Associate Instructional Professor in Economics and the College
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago (at UChicago since 2022)

Office: SHFE 427
Phone: (773) 834-5783
Assistant: Virginia Bova (773) 702-8191


Research Assistant Professors


Neele Balke

Research Assistant Professor
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
University of Chicago

Office: SHFE 358
Phone: (773) 795-2983
Executive Assistant: Dolly Shishodia (773) 795-2985


Alessandra González

Research Assistant Professor
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
University of Chicago

Office: SHFE 318A
Phone: (773) 795-1451
Executive Assistant: Sonia Doyle (773) 702-9013


Research Associate Professors


Susanne Neckermann

Research Associate Professor
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
University of Chicago
[Leave of Absence 2022-2023]

Office: SHFE 435
Phone: (773) 795-2748
Executive Assistant: Ada Barbosa (773) 702-6576


Research Associates


Julie Pernaudet

Research Associate
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
University of Chicago

Office: SHFE 222
Executive Assistant(s): Jamie Temmer (773) 702-3877; Diana Smith


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