Ian earned his BA in Economics and Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences at Northwestern, and his AM and PhD in Economics from Harvard. His research covers both theoretical and empirical asset pricingand macroeconomnics, focusing most recently on uncertainty, skewness, and tail risk in the economy. 

Asset pricing, time series econometrics, macroeconomics

• Ph.D., 2012, Economics, Harvard University, Harvard University
• A.M., 2009, Economics, Harvard University, Harvard University
• B.A., 2006, Economics and Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences, Northwestern University, Northwestern University

• Associate Professor of Finance, Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2017-present
• Assistant Professor of Finance, Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2014-present
• Assistant Professor of Finance, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 2013-2014

• Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, 2012-2013

• SCOR-PSE Chair in Macroeconomic Risk Junior Research Award For "Tail Risk in Production Networks"
• Best Discussant Award, HEC McGill Winter Finance Conference
• Best Discussant Award, Mitsui Finance Symposium, 2014
• Harvard Warburg Grant for Research in Economics, 2011-2012
• Harvard Economics Graduate Research Fellowship, 2007-2012
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2007-2012
• Michael Dacey award: most outstanding thesis, MMSS department, Northwestern University, 2006

• Co-Editor, Review of Finance, 2022
• Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Economics, 2021

Capital markets

Capital Markets (FINC-450-0)
This course develops the key concepts necessary to understand financial markets using, where possible, the perspective of personal investing. Some of the personal investing topics covered include: Retirement planning, the cost of investing in mutual funds, how to select mutual funds, how to measure a portfolio's performance, factor investing, and arbitrage trading.

This class provides students with a structure for thinking about financial markets and the pricing of financial securities. The financial securities we study and price include stocks, bonds, futures, and options.

The class teaches how to address investment problems in a systematic manner using case studies. They are used to examine issues in the selection and implementation of investment strategies. In the process, the class examines current academic work about financial markets and their applications to investing.