| CUBS Name | Bio | Faculty Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Akansha is a junior at Barnard majoring in Economics & Statistics. She is interested in behavioral research and be working with Professor Melanie Brooks in the marketing division this semester. | Prof. Melanie Brucks, Marketing |
| Alison Chiu is a junior at Columbia College, studying Political Science, Financial Economics, and Applied Statistics. Originally from Northern California, Alison is interested in public policy, business law, and data analysis and visualization. She serves as the Data Visualization Editor on the 150th Managing Board of the Columbia Daily Spectator and as the Political Director of the Columbia University College Democrats, where she explores her passion in storytelling and political advocacy—oftentimes, at the same time. She plans on going to law school after graduation, and she hopes to be an attorney in the future. | Prof. Lisa Liu, Accounting |
| Ananya Malhotra is a junior at Barnard College, Columbia University, studying Economics and Mathematics. She is interested in how quantitative analysis can help explain real-world decisions, from how markets behave to how policies affect people's lives. She enjoys tackling complex questions and turning numbers and equations into clear, useful insights. | Prof. Michael Morris, Management |
| Cara Wreen is a senior in Columbia College studying Economics and Political Science, working under Professor Mohamed Hussein in the Marketing Division. In addition to being a Columbia University Business Scholar, Cara is an Institute of Global Politics Student Scholar, Saltzman Institute for War and Peace Studies Student Scholar, Bartsch Fellow for the Columbia Undergraduate Committee on Global Thought, and Teaching Assistant in the Columbia Economics Department. She is excited to continue studying communication strategies and political behavior. | Prof. Mohamed Hussein, Marketing |
| Evangeline Eastman is a Barnard senior from Bangor, ME studying Economics with minors in Italian and Mathematical Sciences. On campus she serves as the Managing Editor of the Columbia Economic Review and a tutor in several Barnard programs. Her interests lie in development economics, public policy, and the expansion of economic opportunity. | Prof. Brett House, Economics |
| Gilbert is a senior at Columbia College double majoring in Computer Science and Economics-Mathematics. His current research lies on understanding the capabilities and limitations of modern AI systems, with a particular interest in sequential decision-making and experiential learning. Outside of research, he enjoys table tennis, pickleball, and hiking. | Prof. Hongseok Namkoong, Decision, Risk, and Operations |
| Heejun Hwang is an undergraduate at Columbia University studying Economics-Mathematics. His academic interests include economic growth, innovation, and fertility. Through the CUBS program, he is working with Professor Soomi Kim on research related to innovation in weather forecasting. He hopes to pursue further research in economics and eventually a PhD in the field. | Prof. Soomi Kim, Management |
| Jiamei is a senior at Barnard College majoring in Economics and Mathematics. She is particularly interested in applying empirical methods to understand how individual characteristics and social environments shape economic and organizational outcomes. | Prof. Paul Ingram, Management |
| Joyce Kamdem is a student, researcher, and emerging finance professional whose work sits at the intersection of sociology, economics, and artificial intelligence. Originally from Douala, Cameroon, Joyce moved to the United States in 2007, an experience that shaped his interest in economic mobility, institutional systems, and the ways opportunity is distributed across communities. He is currently pursuing a dual Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Financial Economics at Columbia University, where he was selected for a special program in Business Management at Columbia Business School. | Prof. Rebecca Ponce de Leon, Management |
| Jun is an Applied Mathematics major at Columbia University, working with Professor Malek Ben Silman in the Marketing division. He is interested in tech and AI, and has been working to bring that into his research, along with a few projects aimed at benefiting the CBS community. | Prof. Malek Ben Sliman, Marketing |
| Lilly is a senior at Barnard College studying Economics and Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science. She has a deep passion for finance, tech, data analysis, and product management. As a Columbia Undergraduate Business Scholar, she has worked closely with CBS faculty to design experiments, develop class materials, and conduct literary analysis. She has additionally engaged in research under the Columbia Department of Economics to build out a technical learning platform for students, and with a professor of the Department of Computer Science to cultivate techniques on learning with AI. | Prof. Modupe Akinola, Management |
| Mason Lau is a senior in Columbia College studying Cognitive Science, specializing in Neuroeconomics, with minors in Applied Statistics and Business Management. His research with Dr. Kristen Lane in the Marketing Division seeks to limit the proliferation of digitally-born misinformation through novel social media interventions. Mason is interested in consumer behavior, AI alignment, constrained decision-making, basketball, and cooking. | Prof. Kristen Lane, Marketing |
| Natalie Kwok is a third year undergraduate at Columbia College majoring in Sustainable Development and double concentrating in Public Health and Business Management. She is also dual-enrolled at The Juilliard School studying Cello Performance. | Prof. Stephen Zeldes, Economics |
| Shloka Shriram is an Egleston Scholar and sophomore at Columbia SEAS studying Applied Mathematics. As part of CUBS, she will be conducting research with Prof. Jorge Guzman focused on entrepreneurship and innovation in NYC. Shloka is interested in exploring business and investment strategy and is excited to study these in a research context. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with friends and exploring NYC's best coffee shops. | Prof. Jorge Guzman, Management |
| Math-Stats Junior, part time tennis player, part time book lover | Prof. Dante Donati, Marketing |
| Trisha Karmakar is a junior at Columbia Engineering majoring in Computer Science with a minor in Economics. She is a C.P. Davis Scholar in the Columbia Undergraduate Scholars Program, with research interests at the intersection of AI, technology, and finance. Last summer, she interned at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and next summer, she will be joining Morgan Stanley as a Sales & Trading Summer Analyst. She is originally from Mumbai, India. | Prof. Stephen Zeldes, Economics |
| Sunny Liu is a junior at Columbia College studying Cognitive Science (AI track) and Business Management. She's a research assistant at the Kriegeskorte Lab at the Zuckerman Institute, where she works on brain-AI alignment, and an analyst at Capital V Strategies, an AI-native communications firm, where she builds AI agents to support public relations for clients in fintech, AI, and proptech. | Prof. Wei Cai, Accounting |
| Sarah has been at CUBS since 2024. As a research assistant in the management division, she currently studies how online communities make sense of nuclear fusion and university-industry collaborations in the field. She enjoys working with data and researching with interdisciplinary methods. | Prof. Alan Zhang, Management |
Akansha Gupta
Alison Chiu
Ananya Malhorta
Cara Wreen
Evangeline Eastman
Gilbert Yang
Heejun Hwang
Jiamei Li
Joyce Kamdem
Junsung (Jun) Lee
Lilly Sophia Montelle
Mason Lau
Natalie June Kwok
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Stephen Zhu
Trisha Karmakar
Xing Riu (Sunny) Liu
Xinrui (Sarah) Chen