Community

As a predoctoral researcher at Harvard Business School, you are part of a vibrant academic community.

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Relationships built through this program have the potential for a lasting impact and can help shape the future researcher you become.

Faculty Mentors

Faculty mentors develop researchers through feedback, guidance, and coaching in the areas of skill building, critical thinking, and technical skill development.

PhD Programs Entered

The goal of the program is to provide recent graduates with exposure to research, faculty and the experience of being a doctoral student. Over the past 5 years, predoctoral researchers have moved on to doctoral programs in a variety of schools and fields, including:

  • Columbia University (Marketing)

  • Cornell University (Statistics)

  • Duke’s Fuqua School of Business (Finance)

  • Harvard Business School (Accounting and Management)

  • Harvard Business School (Organizational Behavior Psychology)

  • Harvard Business School (Strategy)

  • Harvard Business School (Technology Operations Management)

  • Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University (Organizational Behavior)

  • London Business School (Organizational Behavior)

  • Princeton University (Economics)

  • Stanford University (Organizational Behavior)

  • University of California, Berkeley (Development Economics)

  • University of California, Los Angeles (Organizational Behavior)

  • University of Chicago (Economics)

  • University of Chicago (Statistics)

  • University of Maryland (Finance)

  • University of Maryland (Marketing)

  • University of Toronto (Organizational Behavior)

  • Wharton - University of Pennsylvania (Organizational Behavior)

  • Yale School of Management (Finance)

  • Yale School of Management (Management)

Current Researchers

Researchers come from many backgrounds and are exposed to a variety of research methodologies in multiple subject areas.

  • Shira Aronson

  • James Blume

  • Kristian Blais

  • Francis Dillon

  • Bo Feng

  • Samay Gupta

  • Omar Abdel Haq

  • Eleanor Jenke

  • Chris Johnson

  • Anoushka Kiyawat

  • Chris Liao

  • Aaron Leung

  • Ling Lin

  • Kris Peng

  • ZhiZhong "ZZ' Pu

  • Chenyang Ma

  • Liangzong Ma

  • Hayden Schrauff

  • Sachin Srivastava

  • Elizabeth Sullivan

  • Aiqi Sun

  • Margaret "Meggie" Underwood

  • Ronald Si Hang Wang

  • Yetong Xu

  • Yuan Yuan

  • Yuerong Zhuang

  • Richard Zitomer

Current Openings

Open positions are posted on the Harvard Careers Portal.