The Ph.D. Program prepares students to conduct state-of-the-art research and to become highly effective instructors so they can assume faculty positions in business schools at leading universities. Our students' accomplishments serve as evidence that our program is successful in turning out some of the best.

Faculty at UConn are required to publish research in high quality journals, to continually improve their teaching skills, and to provide service to the field of finance, UConn, and the School of Business. Students gain experience in each of these areas during their time spent in the doctoral program. They are invited to present research and provide other services at major finance conferences, they identify and develop their areas of interest for research and teaching, they begin teaching their second year in the program, and some have the opportunity to teach at the graduate level before they leave.

Highlighted below are some of the outstanding accomplishments finance students have made.

*Papers accepted for conference presentations are not included here. Most students have one or more papers accepted for presentation at one or more conferences per year - individually or with co-authors.

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Current Students

Iskandar A. Arifin

• 2009, Student Travel Grant, American Finance Association



• 2007, 2008 Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2007, 2008 Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2004–2006, MBA Fellowships, University of Notre Dame

Vasantha Chigurupati

• 2008, Student Travel Grant, American Finance Association



• 2008, Business Research Summer Support Award, University of Connecticut



• 2006, 2007, 2008 Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2006, 2007, 2008 Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2004, Outstanding Creativity Award, Edgelab, University of Connecticut



• 1996, Engineers India Limited Award, Indian Inst of Technol

Fan He

• 2008 Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2008 Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2002-2005, Trustee Scholarship, Kent State University



• 2002-2005, Honors Scholarship, Kent State University

Kevin McLaughlin

• 2001,2002, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• Duration in Capital Budgeting: A Case”, Summer 2006, CASE.org Proceedings of the Eastern Association of Management, Presented May, 2006, Saratoga Springs, NY



• Member of the Sigma Epsilon Rho Honor Society, Northeastern University



• Member of the Golden Key Honor Society, Northeastern University

Dinesh Padmanabhan

• 2004, 2005, 2007 Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2004, 2005, 2007 Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut

Hieu Phan

• 2009, Student Travel Grant, American Finance Association



• 2007, 2008 Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2007, 2008 Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2006, MBA Student Achievement Award, Wall Street Journal



• 2006, Beta Gamma Sigma, University of Connecticut



• 1996, Best Graduation Paper Award, National Economic University, Hanoi



• 1992, Valedictorian, Dean's scholarship for outstanding student, Foreign Languages University, Hanoi



• 1987-1992, National Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Foreign Languages University, Hanoi

Aiyaswami Prasad

• 2004,2005,2006, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2004,2005,2006, Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut

Robert S. Roark

• 2007, 2008 Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2007, 2008 Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 1987-1991, President Endowed Scholarship, Texas A&M



• 1987, National Merit Scholar

Muhammed Sahin

• 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut

Bryan Schmutz

• 2008, PhD Program Student Teaching Award, University of Connecticut



• 2008, Finance Dept Student Teaching Award, University of Connecticut



• 2006, 2007, 2008 Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2006, 2007, 2008 Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut

Reilly White

• 2006, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Economics Honor Society



• 2006, Beta Gamma Sigma, Business Honor Society



• 2006, John M. Ohly Award, Universtiy of Massachusetts