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Faculty

David N. DeJong, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics & Director of MQE
Claire Duquennois, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics
Andreas Ferrara, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics
Amy Flick, Ph.D.
Teaching Associate Professor
Laura Liu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics
Anastasia Lopez, M.A., CMCS, CPRW
Professional Development Faculty Instructor
Mahrad Sharifvaghefi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics
Kevin Shaver, Ph.D.
Teaching Associate Professor and Undergraduate Advisor
Richard van Weelden, MQE Faculty
Richard van Weelden, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Randall Walsh, MQE Director
Randall Walsh, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics and Capstone Advisor
Alistair Wilson, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics

Program Staff

Graduate Administrator
Graduate Administrator
Kathleen Eaton
Admissions Advisor, MQE Program

Students

Layan Abdulmajid
Rebecca Elms
Graham Friedman
Jacob Goldin
Collin Jackson
Charlotte Mulligan
Shreya Parigi
Tyler Pohl
Madalin Roldan
Grey Yang
Yu Yuan
MQE Candidate 2027

Advisory Board

Tony DeLuca, MQE Advisory Board
Anthony DeLuca, Pitt '95
Director, Consulting Services at CGI
Andrea DeVries, MQE Advisory Board
Andrea DeVries, Ph.D.
Director, RWE Institutional Partnerships | Humana Healthcare Research, Inc.
David Duffus, MQE Advisory Board
David Duffus, Pitt '89; MBA '92
Partner, HKA
David Evans, Pitt '01
Senior Manager AI Labs & Foundations at Instacart
Kayla Frisoli, Ph.D.
Data Scientist, Senior Manager at LivaNova
Ilya Goldin, MQE Advisory Board
Ilya Goldin, Ph.D., Pitt 2011; MS '07
Head of Data Science, Phenom
Manoj Mishra, MQE Advisory Board
Manoj Mishra
Senior Vice President at CGI
Dor Morag, Ph.D., Pitt '24
Senior Data Scientist with the Charlotte Hornets
Bhavini Patel, MQE Advisory Board
Bhavini Patel, Pitt '16
Executive Director at Sustainable Pittsburgh
Jerry Paytas, MQE Advisory Board
Jerry Paytas, Ph.D. Pitt '01; Master's '92
Vice President of Analytics, Fourth Economy
Marie Pelloni
Sr. Director, Talent and Workforce Development Initiatives at Pittsburgh Technology Council and Fortyx80
Claude Setodji, MQE Advisory Board
Claude Setodji, Ph.D.
Senior Statistician, Rand Corporation
Schuyler Shaeffer
Executive Director, Municipal Pension Fund at City of Pittsburgh
Christina Stacy, MQE Advisory Board
Christina Stacy, Ph.D.; Pitt Master's '06
Principal Research Associate, Urban Institute
Naomi Stein
Vice President at EBP
Sundeep Tangirala
SVP, Director of Data Science at First National Bank Corporation
Kevin Tenenbaum
Vice President, Baseball Research and Development at Pittsburgh Pirates
Alison Treaster
Operations at SensiFit
Michael Tutera
CEO of Thrombolex Inc.
Sam Ventura, MQE Advisory Board
Sam Ventura, Ph.D.
Vice President, Hockey Strategy and Research, Buffalo Sabres
Mark Voortman, Ph.D. Pitt '09
Chief Data Scientist at Othot and Associate Professor of Applied Computer Science at Point Park University
Ben Wilson, Pitt '99
Founder & CEO, Rivers Agile

Mentors

Abdel Begic, MQE Mentor
Abdel Begic
Performance Analyst, Finance & Operations at RoadRunner Recycling
Blessy Bellamy, MQE Mentor
Blessy Bellamy
Customer Experience Strategy Consultant at Highmark Health
Ashton Black, MQE Mentor
Ashton Black
Data Scientist, OThot, Inc.
Rachel Cawley, MQE Mentor
Rachel Cawley
Consultant at Pallas Consulting Services
Alex T. Dalla Piazza, MQE Mentor
Alex T. Dalla Piazza
Data Scientist, EQT Corporation
David Denne, MQE Mentor
David Denne
Credit Risk Solutions Specialist, Moody's Analytics
Anthony Garuccio, MQE Mentor
Anthony Garuccio
Senior Solutions Architect at PNC Bank
Jack Glasl, MQE Mentor
Jack Glasl
Analyst, Deloitte Consulting
Sumanyu Gupta, MQE Mentor
Sumanyu Gupta
Machine Learning Engineer at SEI | ETC
Rhiannon Jacobs, MQE Mentor
Rhiannon Jacobs
Affordable Housing Specialist, HUD
Max Kneis
Consultant, Boston Consulting Group
Benjamin Kobrin, MQE Mentor
Benjamin Kobrin
Asset Manager, Omni NY, LLC
Gabrielle Lazzaro, MQE Mentor
Gabrielle Lazzaro
Senior Manager, Performance Media Analytics at Merkle
Samantha Levinson, MQE Mentor
Samantha Levinson
Manager of Advanced Analytics, Allegheny Health Choices, Inc.
Zheru Liu, MQE Mentor
Zheru Liu
Investment Director at Eminence Ventures
Kim Lucas, CPM
Lucas Lane Consulting, LLC
Chengying Luo, MQE Mentor
Chengying Luo, Ph.D.
Sr. Data Scientist, Instacart
Josh McCarty, MQE Mentor
Josh MacCarty
VP, Director Data Science, Trajectory
Kevin McCarthy, MQE Mentor
Kevin McCarthy
Director of Analytics and Decision Support, Slippery Rock University
Laura Meixell, MQE Mentor
Laura Meixell
Government, Risk, and Compliance Manager at Allegheny County
Will Mischler, MQE Mentor
Will Mischler
Data Research Analyst, Civiqs
Ian Morrall, MQE Mentor
Ian Morrall, Ph.D.
Economist, Lewin Group
Gwynneth Perisse
Consultant, Deloitte
Nicholas Reslink, MQE Mentor
Nicholas Reslink
Senior Quantitative Analyst and Modeling Analyst, PNC
Jack Rossi, MQE Mentor
Jack Rossi
Data Scientist, pulseData
Rishi Sadhir, MQE Mentor
Rishi Sadhir
Applied Sciences & Data Science, Uber grocery
Jon Santavy, MQE Mentor
Jon Santavy
Partner, Simwell
Scott Shohen, MQE Mentor
Scott Shohen
Partner, FluidEdge Life Sciences
Emma Stapleton, MQE Mentor
Emma Stapleton
Director of Data Science at Major League Soccer
Linnea Warren May, MQE Mentor
Linnea Warren May
Policy Researcher, Rand Corporation
Xiaoxi Zhao, MQE Mentor
Xiaoxi Zhao, Ph.D.
Economist, Amazon

Alumni

Reda Abouzaid
Rachael Agnello
Data Analyst, Sheetz // MQE Alum, 2022
Pablo Arredondo
James Callahan
Data Scientist at Deloitte Consulting // MQE Alum, 2023
Kevin Collins
Liam Connelly
Jose de los Rios
Joshua Dixon
Joshua Dixon
Financial Analyst, DAI Management Consultants // MQE Alum, 2021
Adam Duvall
Adam Duvall
Senior Associate I Data Analyst, Turnberry Solutions // MQE Alum, 2021
Behnam Fallah
Liam Flood
Statistician at Prosoft Clinical // MQE Alum, 2022
Jose Gutierrez
Scott Heyman
Zeyuan Hu
Irving Hu
Jacob Humble
Financial Analyst, FedEx Ground // MQE Alum, 2021
Jacob Hunsinger
Chenghiz Kao
Joseph Karbowski
Data Scientist, PNC // MQE Alum, 2022
Tyler Kellar
Ian Keller
Kiersten Kochanowski
Senior Data Scientist, Highmark Health // MQE Alum, 2022
Nachu Lakshmanan
Taylor Lee
Xiang Li
Jiayue Liu
Jeff Liu
Data Analyst at Beatdapp // MQE Alum, 2023
Eily MacRitchie
Jake Matthews
Project Analyst, UPMC // MQE Alum, 2023
Alyssa McHoes
Alyssa McHoes
Researcher, Fors Marsh Group // MQE Alum, 2021
Tricia McMahon
Tricia McMahon
Pricing Analytics Manager, Hitachi Vantara // MQE Alum, 2021
Kofi A. Mensah
Financial Analyst, Amazon // MQE Alum, 2022
John Morris, IV
Natalee Morris, MQE Mentor
Natalee Morris
Assistant Director Data Scientist, Moody's Analytics; // MQE Alum, 2021
Dorcas Munoko
Co-Founder and Head of Technology, Africa Crypto, LLC // MQE Alum, 2022
Kayko Ohkawa
Kayko Ohkawa
Integrated Data Analyst, UPMC; MQE Alumni 2021
Isabella Ortiz
Gayatri Pai
Gayatri Pai
Data Scientist, Booz Allen Hamilton; MQE Alumni 2021
Neel Patel
Lauren Pearman
Gabriel Penedo Priante Silva
Lap Pham
James Philip
Kelsey Pohlig
Mason Putt
Renewable Energy Investment Analyst at National Trust Community Investment Corporation (NT Solar); // MQE Alum, 2021
Rory Quinlan
Emma Ricchetti
Santiago Risco Martinez
Wayeera Robertson
Spencer Segal
Spencer T. Segal
Associate Economist, Moody's Analytics; MQE Alumni 2021
Joseph Shields
Henry Silverman
Maxwell Snodgrass
Milan Stefanelli
Data Analyst, Red Ventures // MQE Alum, 2022
Patrick Swain
MQE Candidate 2025
Max Thompson
Max Thompson
Senior Revenue Science Analyst, FedEx; MQE Alumni 2021
James Turner
Charles Tyler
Charles Tyler
Senior System Analyst, City of Pittsburgh: MQE Alumni 2021
John Uihlein
Consultant, Ryan, LLC // MQE Alum, 2022
Zachary Vanek
MQE Candidate 2025
Aileen Wang
Ben Wechtenhiser
Jiayi Zhang
Jiayi Zhang
Sales & Trading, CICC // MQE Alum, 2021
Yuxi Zhou
Analyst, Econ One Research // MQE Alum, 2022
Gabriel Zielinski
Garrett Ziss