Kevin Yuan

About Kevin Yuan

Kevin is a PhD Economist from Johns Hopkins University specializing in finance, macroeconomics, monetary policy, and time series forecasting. He is currently an Economist at Amazon and a Faculty Member in the Finance Division at Columbia Business School. Before joining Columbia, Kevin was a Faculty Member at the Department of Finance at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. He previously worked as a Summer Associate in the Congressional Budget Office Financial Analysis Division, as a Project Officer in the International Monetary Fund Research Department, and as an Investment Researcher at Dimensional Fund Advisors. In addition, Kevin is passionate about teaching having started his first job as a swimming instructor in his local community. This enthusiasm carried over with him to Johns Hopkins where he taught weekly recitation sections on Econometrics and Macroeconomics to undergraduates. He is a three-time recipient of the Joel Dean Undergraduate Teaching Award at Hopkins.

Experience

1. Economist Ii

   Amazon

   Dec 2023 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• The Johns Hopkins University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Economics

  2014 — 2019

• New York University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics

  2010 — 2014

• Brooklyn Technical High School

  International Arts and Sciences

  2006 — 2010

Skills

• Morningstar
• Management
• Organic Chemistry
• Research
• Teaching
• Entrepreneurship
• Sales Operations
• Microeconomics
• Calculus
• Economics
• Basketball
• Game Theory
• Data Analysis
• Mathematics
• Microsoft Excel
• Social Networking
• Options Strategies
• Mandarin
• Tutoring
• Cash Flow Analysis
• Sports
• Chemistry
• Python
• Macroeconomics
• Latex
• Marketing
• Time Series Analysis
• Finance
• Matlab
• Investments
• Biology
• Stata
• Nonprofits
• Microsoft Office
• Econometrics
• Photoshop
• Statistics
• Education