This page hosts information about REAL’s alumni. The idea is to keep a list of all graduates for others to consult, alumni are encouraged to contact Andre Avelino (fernan17@illinois.edu) and provide the year of their graduation and citizenship(s) at the time of graduation, current position, and if available a URL link to a homepage.
Below is a list of alumni, by alphabetical order of their last names:
Dr. Nuzul Achjar, 2002 (Indonesia)
Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Indonesia
Dr. Patricio Aroca, 1995 (Chile)
Full Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez / Director, Centro de Economía y Política Regional
Dr. Hilal Astoy, 2012 (Turkey)
Assistant Professor, Fox School of Business, Temple University
Dr. Laura Helena Atuesta Becerra, (Colombia)
Assistant Professor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)
Dr. Andre Fernandes Tomon Avelino, 2018 (Brazil)
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Nazmiye Balta-Ozkan, 2004 (Turkey)
Senior Lecturer, Cranfield University
Dr. C. Taylor Barnes
Professor Emeritus, Northwest Missouri State University
Dr. Jaime Alfredo Bonet Morón, 2005 (Colombia)
Director, Central Bank of Colombia
Dr. Leonardo Bonilla Mejía, 2016 (Colombia)
Researcher, Central Bank of Colombia
Dr. Eamon Boyle, 1996
EVP – Chief Intelligence Officer, Assembly
Dr. Helen Briassoulis, 1985 (Greece)
Professor, Department Head, Department of Geography, University of Aegean
Dr. Bambang Brodjonegoro, 1995 (Indonesia)
Minister of National Development Planning of Indonesia
Dr. Nicholas Buss
Senior Director of Research, Invesco
Dr. Harrison S. Campbell, 1994 (USA)
Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Dr. Sungyup Chung, 2015 (Korea)
Bank of Korea
Dr. Federico Alberto Cuello, 1994 (Dominican Republic)
Dominican Republic Ambassador to United Kingdom
Dr. Sami Ben Da’amech (Tunisia)
Senior Operations Officer, World Bank
Dr. Chokri Dridi, 2004 (Tunisia)
Researcher, French National Institute for Agricultural Research
Dr. Adrian Esparza, 1987
Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona
Dr. Xian Fang Bak, 2017 (China)
Quantitative Analytics Senior, Freddie Mac
Dr. Carlos R. Figueroa, 2014 (Guatemala)
Economist, Central Bank of Guatemala
Dr. Oliver Fritz, 1995 (Austria)
Senior Economist, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
M.S. Jizhou Fu, 2008 (China)
Dr. Rafael Garduño Rivera, 2012 (Mexico)
Profesor Investigador, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)
Dr. Ricardo Gazel, 1994 (Brazil)
Lead Specialist of State Modernization, Inter-American Development Bank
Dr. Joaquim J. M. Guilhoto, 1986 (Brazil)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Dr. Carolyn Dong Guo, 2005 (China)
Dr. Eduardo A. Haddad, 1997 (Brazil)
Professor, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil
Dr. Monica A. Haddad, 2003 (Brazil)
Associate Professor, Iowa State University
Dr. Andres Ham Gonzales, 2017 (Honduras)
Assistant Professor, School of Government at Universidad de los Andes
Dr. Soo Jung Ha, 2008 (Korea)
Dr. Andi Irawan, 2014 (Indonesia)
Dr. Randall W. Jackson (USA)
Director, Regional Research Institute (RRI)
Dr. Sarwar Jahan (Bangladesh)
Dr. Guo Jiemin (China)
Dr. Young Jo, 2015
Dr. Donghun Joo, 2008 (Korea)
Dr. Jae Hong Kim, 2010 (Korea)
Dr. Kijin Kim, 2016 (Korea)
Economist, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Dr. Tae Jeong Kim, 2010 (Korea)
Dr. Suknam Ko (Korea)
Dr. Jee-Sun Lee (Korea)
Dr. Nancy Lozano (Colombia)
Dr. Esteban Lopez Ochoa, 2016 (Chile)
Dr. Jaewon Lim, 2007 (Korea)
Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy & Leadership, University of Nevada Las Vegas
Dr. Marcelo L. Lufin-Varas (Chile)
Dr. André Magalhães (Brazil)
Dr. Faysal Mansouri (Tunisia)
Dr. Eduardo Martins (Brazil)
Dr. Cristina Miller, 2012 (USA)
Agricultural Economist, USDA Economic Research Service
Dr. Darla Munroe, 2000 (USA)
Dr. Suahasil Nazara, 2003 (Indonesia)
Dr. Breandan O’Huallachain (USA)
Dr. Yasuhide Okuyama, 1999 (Japan)
Professor, University of Kitakyushu, Japan
Dr. Dusan Paredes Araya, 2012 (Chile)
Associate Professor, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Chile
Dr. YangSu Park, 2004 (Korea)
Head and Senior Economist, The Bank of Korea
Dr. Seryoung Park (Korea)
Dr. Aisling Reynolds
Dr. Taisuke Sadayuki, 2016 (Japan)
Dr. Saket Sarraf (India)
Dr. Monalisa Sen (India)
Dr. Tubagus Furqon Sofhani, 2006 (Indonesia)
Dr. Jungyul Sohn, 2002 (Korea)
M.Sc. Rafael Angel Vera, 2007 (Bolivia)
Dr. Jose Fernando Vial, 2004 (Chile)
Dr. Claudia Vicentelo, 2014 (Chile)
Dr. Renato Schwambach Vieira, 2018 (Brazil)
Dr. Jun Wan (China)
Dr. Yu Xiao, 2008 (China)
Dr. Norihiko Yamano, 2017 (Japan)
Economist, OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD
Dr. Moshe Yanai, 2001 (Israel)
Head of Agriculture, Environment and Energy Sector, Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics & Visiting Professor, IDC
Dr. Sang Gyoo Yoon, 2006 (Korea)
Dr. Chenxi Yu, 2014 (China)
Dr. Daniel Halim, 2018