RIEF is organized under five teams. Board of Directors, Academic Coordinator, Directors for every research initiative, Scholars associated with research initiatives, and Research Assistants. The Board of Directors is the head of RIEF.
Executive Director (RIEF’s Founder) – Hamilton Galindo
I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at Cleveland State University and hold a Ph.D. in Finance from Arizona State University. My research is at the intersection of macroeconomics and finance, focusing on monetary policy, corporate finance, and heterogeneous agents in asset pricing. I am also the founder of the Research Institute in Economics and Finance (RIEF).
Director of Research in Economics – Marco Ortiz
I am a Professor at the Academic Department of Economics at the Universidad del Pacífico. I hold a Ph.D. in Economics and Master in Research in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (England). My research interests are related to macroeconomic theory, monetary and exchange policy.
Director of Research in Applied Economics– Muchin Bazan
I am a Health Economist and PE fellow at CDC. I hold a Ph.D.in Economics from Virginia Tech. My primary fields are Economics of Education, Development Economics, and Experimental Economics, and I have been RIEF’s Director of Summer School in Economics and Finance since July 2022.
Director of Research in Finance – Renato Lazo
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Finance at the University of Ottawa. My research interests center around empirical asset pricing, institutional investors, and portfolio management, and I have been RIEF’s Director of Research in Economics since May 2022.
Director of Summer School in Economics and Finance – Liu Mendoza
I hold a Ph.D. in Economics from Houston University. My research interest is in Macroeconomics, and I have been RIEF’s Director of Research in Economics since May 2021.