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The PhD in Management program offers many academic pathways and options for specialization. We invite you to learn more about the program by getting to know our PhD candidates whose profiles are featured below. Each PhD candidate has been organized by their chosen field of study.
Accounting
- Yong Chen
- Huzaifa Faizan
- Nicholle Kovach
- Kelsey Matthews
- Harjot Mehmi
- Oluwasegun Popoola
- Kainan (Paul) Xiong
Finance
- Pan Jiang
- Olaleye Morohunfolu
- Paulan van Nes
- Thi Minh Hien Nguyen
- Zhe (Judy) Peng
- Seyed-Erfan Sadeghi
- Manisha Thapa
Marketing
- Ali Anwar
- Sara Harcourt
- Sakshi Korde
- Jeeshan Mirza
- Andrea Reaume
- Mohammad Simjour
- Asfiya Taji
- Jee Hyuk Wi
- Fatemeh Vafaee Sefat
Organizational Behaviour/Human Resources Management (OB/HRM)
Supply Chain, Operations and Technology Management (SCOTM)
PhD Graduates: Academic Placements
The Lazaridis School is committed to providing PhD candidates with a solid foundation from which to build successful academic careers. Many of our graduates receive offers for assistant professor and tenure-track positions from around the world.
| Name | Field of Study | Academic Placement |
| Abiodun Isiaka | Accounting | University of Regina |
| Yan Jin | Accounting | Dominican University |
| Tisha King | Accounting | Dalhousie University |
| Justin Minddzak | Accounting | SUNY Fredonia |
| Sara Wick | Accounting | University of Guelph |
| Zhuoyi Zhao | Accounting | St. Norbert College |
| Vishaal Baulkaran | Finance | University of Lethbridge |
| Olga Kanj | Finance | University of Waterloo |
| Laszlo Nagy | Finance | |
| Laleh Samarbakhsh | Finance | Ryerson University |
| Konstantin Sokolov | Finance | University of Memphis |
| Yongjian Chen | Marketing | Trent University |
| Jonathan Kerr | Marketing | York University |
| David Lewis | Marketing | Ryerson University |
| Hamed Mehrabi | Marketing | Ryerson University |
| Peter Fisher | OB/HRM | Ryerson University |
| Annika Hillebrandt | OB/HRM | Ryerson University |
| Sy Kyung (Irene) Kim | OB/HRM | University of British Columbia |
| Anja Krstic | OB/HRM | York University |
| Lisa Kuron | OB/HRM | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| Joel Marcus | OB/HRM | York University |
| Sara Murphy | OB/HRM | University of Winnipeg |
| Francisca de Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa | OB/HRM | Catolica University of Lisbon |
| Saba Sharih | OB/HRM | McMaster University |
| Alireza Azimian | SCOTM | University of Windsor |
| Hamidreza Faramarzi | SCOTM | Seneca College |
| Maryam Hafezi | SCOTM | Laurentian University |
| Eman Nasr | SCOTM | Yorkville University |
| Adrian Tan | SCOTM | Penn State |
| Hossein Zolfagharinia | SCOTM | Ryerson University |
PhD Graduates: Non-Academic Placements
Not all of our graduates go on to pursue academic careers; some find success working for organizations in which they can apply their expertise in other ways.
| Name | Field of Study |
Job Title (as of hiring) |
Organization |
| Hosein Nooriaan | Finance | Senior Analyst, Risk Management | RBC Group |
| Yunhua (Julie) Zhu | Finance | Senior Associate | PwC |
| Gregory Tanguay | Marketing | Marketing Director | Laborie |
| David Whiteside | OB/HRM | Happiness Research Fellow | Plasticity Labs |
| Sara Babaee | SCOTM | Software Developer in Optimization | NAVBLUE an Airbus Company |
| Tannaz Mahootchi | SCOTM | Senior Methodologist, Operations Research | Cancer Care Ontario |