UIUC农经项目招收全奖PhD学生

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楼主马上就要从现在的research group毕业了。临走前替老板打一则招生广告，希望今年申请农经项目的同学们可以踊跃报名。我们组的研究方向是agricultural commodity markets。组内课题涵盖范围非常广，包括但不限于risk management, market microstructure theory, USDA policy analysis, ML/deep learning in commodity markets。所有组内的同学都可以自由地挑选科研题目，只要内容与agricultural commodity price相关即可。我的导师Prof. Teresa Serra是一位对学术充满热情而且对学生很负责的教授。她会亲自指导Ph.D.学生的科研和写作。在她和其他几位教授的指导下，大部分学生毕业前都能有至少1篇publication。优秀的毕业生上job market时候会有1-2篇AJAE文章在手。高质量的publication对于有志于继续从事学术研究的同学来说是非常重要的。组内经费非常充足，可以支持所有学生至少四年（包括暑假）的RA/Fellowship。对于不太愿意做TA的同学来说可以节省大量的时间用于科研项目。同时，组内的数据和硬件也很完备。我就读的这几年系里面几位大佬起码投入了十几万美金用于购买高频交易数据和两台bloomberg terminals。这些数据和设备有效的保障了组内的研究进度。

详细的招生信息我会贴在下面，欢迎对于commodity markets或者 finance theory 感兴趣的同学申请我们组的Ph.D.。
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Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at UIUC is looking for Ph.D. candidates for Fall 2022. The successful applicants will have the opportunity to join Prof. Teresa Serra’s research group to conduct cutting-edge research in the areas of agricultural commodity markets. The research topics include market microstructure/high-frequency trading, risk management, forecasting, and applications of machine learning/deep learning in ag commodity markets. Candidates can choose any topics related to ag commodity markets and conduct research under Prof. Teresa Serra’s supervision. All Ph.D. candidates will receive full RA/Fellowship (including summer semesters) for at least four years.

Bio:

Prof. Teresa Serra is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at UIUC. She studies agricultural commodity financial markets, including price discovery in agricultural futures markets, forecasting, risk management, and volatility spillovers. Her recent research focuses on market microstructure in the age of electronic and high-frequency trading. She has co-authored with students and published several papers on top agricultural economics and operations research journals.

The price analysis group in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics is a well-recognized research group in the field. Currently, there are five professors (including two AAEA fellows) in the group. The price analysis group possesses a wide range of high-quality financial data and two Bloomberg terminals. Students also have access to necessary hardware, such as computing clusters.

The Ph.D program in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics is a STEM program. All graduate students are eligible for STEM OPT extension.

Requirement:

·       Bachelor/MS degree in economics, ag economics, finance, math, stats, operations research, financial engineering, or other quantitative fields

·       Previous research experience is preferred

·       Strong oral and written communication skills

·       Good programming skills and familiarity with at least one or more of the following tools: R, Python, Matlab

Contact Info:

If you are interested in working with Prof. Teresa Serra, please send you cv, personal statement with research interests, transcripts, and GRE/TOEFL scores to tserra@illinois.edu. Please use “Prospective PhD students – Price analysis group” in the email subject.

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Prof. Teresa Serra的个人页面：https://ace.illinois.edu/directory/tserra
因为是刚成立没多久的组，所以目前placement信息还不完善。之前唯二毕业的两位前辈一位去了Universidad EAFIT的商学院，另一位去中国农大。他们都是因为家庭和个人原因没有选择在美国找教职。虽然暂时没有业界的placement信息，但是有三位同学拿到了Citadel，McKinsey,和Climate Corporation的暑期实习。

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帮顶～

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杨凌霄 发表于 2021-10-16 01:05帮顶～

谢谢~

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帮顶，UIUC的很多人都很好，农经待5年学到的practical skills其实有可能比econ要多很多，而且氛围一般比纯econ系要友好一些，trade off就是去学术界的placement相对于econ确实要相对难一些，毕竟职位相对少

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justin77 发表于 2021-10-16 09:28
帮顶，UIUC的很多人都很好，农经待5年学到的practical skills其实有可能比econ要多很多，而且氛围一般比纯e ...

是的，传统农经去学界placement会比Econ要差一些。不过如果是做一些新兴方向的，比如Environmental之类的差距会小一些。不过最终还是要靠publication来做敲门砖。基本上有一篇AJAE的毕业生只要有job opening就还是有机会的。
去业界的话农经因为coding多+project scope比较大，其实placement一点不会弱于econ的学生。我认识的农经毕业生去FAANG做data science和金融机构做risk quant的人很多。而且农业企业，比如Bayer和孟山都这些都很倾向招农经的毕业生做ag data scientist，算是多一个出路。

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想请问一下，目前GT还没奋斗出来，是否可以申请进组做助研，明年再申请呢？

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Serene_YNA 发表于 2021-10-21 16:05想请问一下，目前GT还没奋斗出来，是否可以申请进组做助研，明年再申请呢？

不好意思，老师暂时只考虑招收PhD。如果以后有RA机会我会再更新招聘信息。

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请问23fall贵组还会继续招phd吗，我22fall已经定好去BU读econ master，准备读农经/发展经济学方向的phd。本科做过一些国内农业保险和农产品期货的研究，准备未来仍专注于这个方向。uiuc是我的梦校，学长可以加个微信交流一下吗？

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UIUC的纯econ人表示羡慕，做TA实在是太花时间了:dizzy:

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Gter4136644 发表于 2022-6-10 07:17
UIUC的纯econ人表示羡慕，做TA实在是太花时间了

Econ教职的placement还是比Ag Econ要好很多的。纯粹要走教职路线的人还是选Econ更好。