CFPB Researchers
The CFPB has PhD social scientists from different disciplines that design and conduct foundational, policy-relevant research on consumer finance and household behavior.
Brian Bucks
Senior Economist
Octavian Carare
Section Chief, Financial Institutions and Regulatory Policy
Thomas Conkling
Senior Economist
Jason Dietrich
Section Chief, Compliance Analytics and Policy
Patrick Heck
Research Psychologist
Angela Hung
Section Chief, Decision-making and Behavioral Studies
Emma Kalish
Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics, Labor Economics
Yan Lau
Section Chief, Fair Credit Access Research and Policy
Feng Liu
Section Chief, Credit Information & Policy
Katherine LoPiccalo
Section Chief, Competition and Industry Dynamics
Michael J. Murto
Economist, Applied microeconomics, Applied econometrics, Labor economics, Public finance