Anh Pham joined the Schar School of Policy and Government in August 2015 after finishing her PhD in economics at the University of California, San Diego. Her areas of expertise are Public Economics and Development Economics. Her current research is on taxation and firm behavior in developing countries.

Dr. Anh Tran is currently a professor at Indiana University, specializing in International Development, International Trade, and Finance. His research focuses on governance in developing countries, with a particular emphasis on Asia. His work has been published in specialized journals such as the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Public Economics, and the Journal of Financial Economics. In addition to his academic role, Dr. Anh Tran manages several significant U.S. government projects aimed at supporting Vietnam in higher education reform and local development. He is a regular consultant for the United Nations and the World Bank and has served for many years as a member of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Council in Vietnam. His contributions have led to numerous reform initiatives and the training of multiple generations of leaders across various ministries and localities throughout the country. Dr. Anh Tran has been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the Asia Young Leader Award (2001), the United Nations East Asia Specialist Award (2006), and the Outstanding Young Professor Award at Indiana University (2014). He earned his Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard University in 2009.

Hai-Anh H. Dang is a Senior Economist for the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS), the World Bank’s flagship household survey program housed at the Development Data Group. He has contributed to around 70 World Bank projects and flagship reports, covering different countries around the world. His main research focus is on international development, poverty, inequality, human development topics, and methodology to construct synthetic (pseudo) panel data from cross sections. He has published in various journals, including the Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, World Bank Economic Review, World Development, and chapters with books published by leading academic publishers.

Diep (ND) Duong is a Senior Financial Economist in the Market Risk Analysis Division within Supervision Risk & Analysis at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Dr. Duong joined the OCC in 2015. Before joining the OCC, he was an Assistant Professor of Finance at Utica College. His primary areas of research interests are risk modeling, financial econometrics, asset pricing, and fixed income. His current research focuses on the usefulness of the implied volatility surface information derived from equity option markets and the measurement and prediction of volatility and jump risks using high frequency data. His research paper was awarded the Financial Management Association (FMA) 2014 Best Paper Award.

Dr. Huynh The Du is a senior lecturer at the Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management. His teaching and research interests are urban economics, infrastructure development, and finance and banking. He worked at the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam from 1996-2005. He frequently participates in policy dialogue in Vietnam. His research papers have appeared in prestigious international journals. Dr. Du studied in civil engineering, business management, applied economics and public policy, economic development, and public administration at the bachelor and master levels. He received a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2010 and a Doctor of Design Degree (DDes) from Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2013.

Edmund Malesky is a Professor of political economy at Duke University. He has published in leading political science and economic journals, including the American Political Science Review and Journal of Politics, and has been awarded the Harvard Academy Fellowship and Gabriel Almond Award for best dissertation in comparative politics. Malesky serves as the lead researcher for the Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index and is a noted specialist in the political development in Vietnam and China, comparative political economy in Southeast Asia, as well as economic transitions in developing economies.

Hoang Pham has more than 6 years of experience in advising and assisting investment fund clients in fund formation, organization, operations and reorganization, and in various compliance issues. His specialties are U.S. legal practice in investment management and financial services (mutual funds, hedge funds, investment advisers, and broker-dealers).

Huong Vina Nguyen is a senior economist at the International Monetary Fund, currently a member of the Monetary and Macroprudential Policies division. Previously, she covered monetary and financial policies for the euro area and Israel in European Department. She has also been the country economist for the euro area, Israel, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Brunei. Her research interests include monetary policy and the role of uncertainty and learning in asset prices. She obtained her Ph.D. from Brandeis University and her B.A. from Smith College.

Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan Huong holds a Ph.D. in Development Economics and served as a research scholar at prestigious institutions including the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, the Harvard Kennedy School, and the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. With 20 years of expertise in institutional analysis and performance assessment, she is currently an expert in Vietnam Initiative’s network.

Chanh Kieu is an assistant professor of atmospheric science at IU Bloomington and a member of the Environmental Resilience Institute steering committee. He earned his Ph.D. in 2008 and his M.S. in 2005 from the University of Maryland, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science; and his B.S. in 2003 from Vietnam National University, College of Science, Hanoi. His areas of expertise are Hurricanes, atmospheric modeling, nonlinear dynamical systems, data assimilation, and climate dynamics.

Prof Nghiem is the Director of the Centre for Technology in Water & Wastewater at UTS, where he provides research leadership and vision to guide the research activities of CTWW with over 20 full time academic core members. Major research strengths of CTWW include water infrastructure, water sensitive urban design, bio-engineering and microbiology technologies, and water & waste treatment technologies. His current research work centres around the Water – Energy nexus with a focus on the development and implementation of sustainable water infrastructure in both urban and rural environment.

Mai Zymaris is a partner in Ice Miller’s Business Group, specializing in guiding clients on U.S. and cross-border life sciences transactions. She also oversees the Vietnam desk of the Asia-Pacific Practice Group. Mai counsels pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, diagnostic, and technology companies on a wide range of licensing, collaborations, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and other intellectual property-focused transactions. She assists life sciences and technology companies with commercial transactions related to manufacturing, supply, distribution, and commercialization of technology and products. Mai also represents research and academic institutions in forming public-private partnerships and drafting and negotiating various agreements such as consortium, grant, joint research, and sponsored research.

Markus Taussig’s research and teaching focus on international business and strategy, with a focus on emerging economies—especially those in Southeast Asia. More specifically, he studies how firm performance and behavior is influenced by weak market institutions. He also has extensive experience and expertise in the global private equity and manufacturing (especially apparel) industries and in survey design and implementation of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). He regularly works with international development organizations on evaluation of programs aiming to improve the competitiveness and fairness of business in emerging economies and is one of few business school professors invited to be affiliated with Evidence in Governance and Politics at UC Berkeley.

Mike Truong, PhD is an experienced faculty, digital learning expert, and a future-ready administrator. He has spent the past two decades leading change in faculty development and digital learning initiatives at public and private universities. He regularly serves as a subject-matter expert on teaching, learning, and technology at national conferences and professional organizations. He also consults with higher education institutions throughout the U.S. and Southeast Asia, especially Vietnam.

Dr. Duc Khuong Nguyen holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Grenoble Alpes (France) and obtained his HDR (Habilitation for Supervising Doctoral Research) in Management Science from the CY Cergy Paris University (France). In 2013, he completed the “Leaders in Development” Executive Education program at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government. Professor Nguyen joined De Vinci Higher Education as Director of International Development and EMLV Business School (AACSB/AMBA/EFMDa accredited) as Associate Dean (Managing Director) in September 2023. He assumed the role of Acting Dean of EMLV Business School from December 1, 2023.

Paul Schuler is an associate professor of political science at the University of Arizona School of Government and Public Policy (SGPP). His research focuses on political behavior and institutions in single-party regimes. He is also an expert on politics in Vietnam and a lead consultant on the UNDP’s annual PAPI survey (find here) in Vietnam. His current book project addresses the historical evolution of authoritarian political institutions and their impact on contemporary politics.

Dr. Phi Quang Nguyen is a distinguished expert in economics and finance, bringing years of experience from his tenure at the Ministry of Finance. He has held the position of CEO at Bao Viet Group and has been a strategic leader at numerous leading enterprises in the Finance and Insurance sectors. Dr. Phi has contributed to the Government’s Vinasat Satellite project as a member of the Steering Committee, overseeing risk management, and has participated in the Government’s pilot initiative on agricultural insurance. His expertise in risk management is further demonstrated through his work with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Presently, he serves as Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Financial Investors (VAFI).

Trang Tran is an economist in the Business Regulations unit of the World Bank Group’s Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice. Her recent works has focused on understanding firm behavior, growth, and productivity, especially under the influence of countries’ business regulatory environment. In her assignments at the World Bank, she has experience across a range of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, East and South Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America & the Caribbean. Prior to joining the World Bank Group, she completed a PhD in development economics at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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Bang D. Nguyen is a University Lecturer in Finance and Director of the MPhil in Finance Program at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. He graduated from HEC Paris with a Ph.D. degree in finance with Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award from the French National Foundation for Higher Education in Management (FNEGE) and the French Finance Association. Before his Ph.D. studies, Bang graduated from the Ecole Nationale d’Admistration in Paris in 1999 (Promotion Cyrano de Bergerac) with an MPA. ln 2003 and 2004, he was a visiting scholar in the Finance Department at Stern School of Business, New York University. Bang’s research papers, focusing on corporate finance, empirical finance, and corporate governance, were published in the Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science, and Finance. Bang’s research has been awarded the Barclays Global Investors’ Award in 2006, Best Paper Award at the China International Conference in Finance in 2009, and the Finance Cavalcade 2013 Best Corporate Finance Paper Award.

Toan Phan is a senior economist in the Research Department. His research interests include climate economics, climate finance, macroeconomics and international macroeconomics. Phan joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in July 2017 after serving as an assistant professor of economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He earned his doctorate from Northwestern University in 2012 and his bachelor of science in mathematics from Bucknell University in 2006.

Binh Tran-Nam is a Professor at the UNSW Business School Australia. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia and RMIT Asia Graduate Centre (RMIT Uni Vietnam).  His research interests include taxation, international trade and development economics.  He has published over 45 book chapters and 65 research articles in academic journals around the world.  Binh’s competitive research funding over his career has approached A$2 million, including four major Australian Research Council Linkage grants.  He has acted as a consultant to a number of international organisations including the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education and Training in Vietnam.

Dan Cao is an Associate Professor at Georgetown University where he teaches macroeconomics and finance. He received his PhD in economics in June 2010 from MIT. His research focuses on the interaction between financial markets and the macroeconomy.

Ha Minh Nguyen is an Economist in the Macroeconomics and Growth Team of the Development Research Group. He joined the World Bank in July 2009 as a Young Economist after earning a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park. He also holds an M.A. and B.A. in economics from The University of Adelaide, Australia. His research interests include International Finance, Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Development, and Computational Economics.

Dr. Dau Thi Mai Lien, a researcher at Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Study (HIDS), adjunct lecturer at RMIT University and international programs of several universities with many years of international experience in teaching and doing research in Thailand. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand. Her research interests are international macroeconomics, financial economics, and development economics. She actively participates in governmental projects related to economic aspects at both country and provincial levels.

Trang T. Nguyen is currently an Assistant Professor at Temple University Beasley School of Law. She used to practice corporate law at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in Silicon Valley, California.  She earned a J.D. from the New York University School of Law, where she was an executive editor of the Law Review and a Mitchell Jacobson Law and Business Scholar.  Trang is the co-founder and former director of VietAbroader, the leading network of overseas Vietnamese students in the U.S.  Her work experience included clerking for the Maine Supreme Judicial Court; representing a Vietnamese detainee before a U.S. District Court and federal immigration courts; researching for the United Nations International Law Commission; and consulting at McKinsey & Co. and NERA Economic Consulting.  Trang is published in the New York University Law Review and the USAID/ Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index.  She is passionate about understanding legal issues affecting Vietnam, including Vietnam’s constitutional law development, security in the East Asia/ South China Sea, land use rights, and education and technology.

Van Pham is a Professor of Economics at Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University. He holds a PhD degree in Economics from Cornell University, a master and bachelor degree in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has published extensively in Economic Development, International Trade, Retail as a Trade Platform, Technology Change, Developing Country Labor Markets, Immigration, Corruption, Applied Theory, Applied Microeconomics