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 as they learn to balance the demands of an intensive program and rewarding career.

*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

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

Vasantha Chigurupati

• 2006, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2006, Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut

Lisa Anne C. Frank

• 2006, AREUEA Doctoral Session Invitee



• 2006, AREUEA Travel Award



• Helping Real Estate Developers Better Account for Financial Instruments with both Liability and Equity Characteristics. Reinstein, Alan and Lander, Gerald. Discussant at the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association International Conference, Fredericton, Canada, 2004.



• Institutional Ownership in Real Estate Investment Trusts, a Simultaneous Logit Analysis. Cottrell, Lisa A. Presented at the Financial Management Association Meetings, Denver, Colorado, 2003. Accepted at the 8th Asian Real Estate Society Conference, Singapore, 2003.



• Corporate Exit Strategies: Evidence from REITs. Cottrell, Lisa A., and Campbell, Robert. Presented at the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association International Conference, Fredericton, Canada, 2004.



• 2001,2002,2003, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2000, Masters with Distinction, Hofstra University



• 2000, Department Honors, Hofstra University

Neeraj Gupta

• 2003,2004,2005, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2004,2005, Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut

James Hilliard

• 2007, American Finance Association Student Travel Grant



• 2004-2007, Spencer Educational Foundation Scholar, Risk and Insurance Management Society



• 2004-2006, President Houghton College Alumni Association



• 2006, Stephen D. Messner School of Business Scholarship for Doctoral Research



• 2005, 2006, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2005, 2006, Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 1999, Hartford Financial Analysts Society Finance Scholar



• 1999, Member, UConn School of Business Alumni Hall of Fame, Student Fellow



• 1999, Member, Beta Gamma Sigma, The International Business Honors Society

Keener Hughen

• 2006, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2006, Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• Dynamic Optimization and Optimal Control in Pharmacoeconomics, with J. Vernon. Accepted for publication in Value in Health, 2006.



• 2003-2004, Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award for University of California, Berkeley, CA



• 2000-2004, Dean Witter Foundation Fellowship



• 1994, 1995, Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (nominated) Exclusive campus-wide award, Duke University, Durham, NC



• 1993, 1994, L.P. and Barbara Smith Teaching Award Departmental award, Mathematics Department, Duke University, Durham, NC



• 1987, Strahan Mathematics Award Award for most outstanding mathematics major at UGA



• 1987, Regents Scholarship

Ravi Shanker Mateti

• 2005, FMA Doctoral Student Seminar Selected Participant



• 2002,2003,2004,2005, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2004,2005, Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• Presented the paper “Extending the LYONs Pricing Model” at Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Conference in October, 2005

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, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2004,2005, Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut

Hieu Phan

• 2006, MBA Student Achievement Award, Wall Street Journal



• 2006, Beta Gamma Sigma, UConn



• 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

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



• 1987, National Merit Scholar

Muhammed Sahin

• 2005, 2006, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2005, 2006, Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut

Katsiaryna Salavei

• 2005, Doctoral Student Consortium Invitation, Financial Management Association European Meeting, Siena, Italy



• 2005, CIBER travel grant, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT



• 2003,2004,2005,2006, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



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



• 2004, Stephen Messner Outstanding Ph.D. Student in Finance Award, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT



• 2002, Best Delegate Award, Harvard National Model United Nations, Harvard University, Boston, MA



• 2002, Hartwick College International Scholarship, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY



• 2002, Sigma Beta Delta Society Member, International honor society for business, management and administration



• 2002, Student Life Leadership and Service Award – awarded to an outstanding senior, Hartwick College



• 1996, Best Research in Mathematics, George Soros Fund, Second Republic Scientific Summer School, Belarus
  
  
• Properties of Archimedes’ Triangles” with Vadim Sukach. Journal of Mathematics of the Belarusian State University:Special Eddition. October 1996

Bryan Schmutz

• 2006, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2006, Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut