## Current Students

PhD Candidates 2025-2026

![No ](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-09/no_photo_180_pixel_thumbnail.jpg.webp?itok=tQpPOXAI)

### **Ferdinand Bratek**

Admission Year: 2020
Office: KMC 10-101
Phone: (212) 998-0036
[ferdinand.bratek@stern.nyu.edu](mailto:%20ferdinand.bratek@stern.nyu.edu)

![Qishen Fu](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2026-04/qishen_photo_1.jpg.webp?itok=GchgSnM7)

### **Qishen Fu**

Admission Year: 2022
Office: KMC 10-100-F
Phone: TBD
<qf2071@stern.nyu.edu>

![Jessie Guo](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-09/phd_jessie_guo_thumbnail.png.webp?itok=r5V7jw8i)

### **Jessie Guo**

Admission Year: 2022
Office: KMC 10-100B
Phone: (212) 998-0475
<jg6180@stern.nyu.edu>

![Shawn Jiang](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-09/phd_shawn_jiang_thumbnail.jpg.webp?itok=AKATfc1y)

### **Xiaoyan (Shawn) Jiang**

Admission Year: 2024
Office: KMC 10-100-F
Phone: 212-998-0087
<xj2379@stern.nyu.edu>

![Jiwon Kim](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-09/phd_jiwon_kim_thumbnail.png.webp?itok=KXtZjiIh)

### **Jiwon Kim**

Admission Year: 2025
Office: KMC 10-100-A
Phone: TBD
<jk9325@stern.nyu.edu>

![Cindy Kuang](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-09/phd_cindy_kuang_thumbnail.jpg.webp?itok=AoZ56bC0)

### **Yuanjin (Cindy) Kuang**

Admission Year: 2023
Office: KMC 10-100-B
Phone: (212) 998-0738
<yk3134@stern.nyu.edu>

![Kate Wang](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-09/phd_kate_wang_thumbnail.jpg.webp?itok=aDrWlczm)

### **Ziqing (Kate) Wang**

Admission Year: 2024
Office: KMC 10-100-F
Phone: 212-998-0151
<zw2361@stern.nyu.edu>

![Shuming Zhang](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-09/phd_shuming_zhang_thumbnail.jpg.webp?itok=wnu1I2gY)

### **Shuming Zhang**

Admission Year: 2020
Office: KMC 10-100-E
Phone: (212) 998-0082
<shuming.zhang@stern.nyu.edu>

![No ](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_375px_wide/public/2025-09/no_photo_180_pixel_thumbnail.jpg.webp?itok=LaWVlg_S)

### **Minghe Zhou**

Admission Year: 2023
Office: KMC 10-100-A
Phone: TBD
<mz3872@stern.nyu.edu>

![Yanping Zhu](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-09/phd_yanping_zhu_thumbnail.jpg.webp?itok=_UPl9HfU)

### **Yanping Zhu**

Admission Year: 2023
Office: KMC 10-100-B
Phone:(212) 998-0050
<yz10705@stern.nyu.edu>

![Ben Zwarg](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-09/phd_ben_zwarg_thumbnail.png.webp?itok=6_FO7uhn)

### **Benjamin (Ben) Zwarg**

Admission Year: 2025
Office: KMC 10-100-A
Phone: TBD
<brz2016@stern.nyu.edu>

Click [here](/programs-admissions/phd/admissions) to learn more about the PhD admissions process.