Dhruv Girish
he/him
RPI Degree Program: BTHE | Biotechnology & Health Economics BS + Accelerated Medical (BS/MD) Biology BS (Dual Degree)
Hometown: Frederick, Maryland
Daniel Kim '25
Major: Economics and Computer Science (dual major)
Shashwat Srivastava
Major: Economics BS
Minor: Finance
I'm an international student from India at RPI. I am an Economics - STSO dual major. I chose economics as my major as I was always interested in learning about businesses, firm decision-making & performance indicators and global economy. After graduation, I am looking forward to work as an Investment Banker, hopefully at a renowned company!!
Joseph Dingledine '25
RPI Degree Program: Economics MS
Area of Research / Interest: Energy Economics & Policy, Health Economics & Policy
Undergraduate Studies: Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Max Troeger '24
RPI Degree Program: Economics MS
Area of Research / Interest: Econometrics and mathematical models
Undergraduate Studies: Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Wint Thu
I am an applied microeconomist specializing in environmental, energy, and natural resource economics. I am interested in regulations targeting energy production, and disparities in exposure to pollution from fossil fuel extraction.
Jorge Rivero
Dr. Rivero is an applied econometrician currently investigating novel modeling approaches towards challenging settings of unobserved heterogeneity. Examples include household-level consumption data of addictive goods and historical data on larger units such as nations. Their most recent work includes panel/longitudinal data analysis on economic agent behavior allowing for heterogeneous effects on an outcome of interest. He is also interested in the joint measurement of inequality along several economic indicators.
Kitty Yu '25
RPI Degree Program: Economics MS
Area of Research / Interest: Data Analysis
Undergraduate Major: Computer Science & Economics (dual major), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Biography: I grew up in New York and studied Computer Science and Economics as an undergraduate. I'm interested in analyzing large economic data using programming.
Ritika Divekar
Area of Research / Interest: Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Undergraduate Education Institution: Jai Hind College, Mumbai University
Undergraduate Major: Economics
Fangxian Zheng '25
RPI Degree Program: Economics MS
Area of Research / Interest: Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Financial Management
Undergraduate Studies: Mathematics and Economics (dual major), RPI
Biography: I am interested in behavioral economics and experimental economics. I am doing a research about impact of Asian immigration on the U.S. Urban Housing Prices. I would like to pursue a PhD in the future.