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.
Octavian Carare
Section Chief, Financial Institutions and Regulatory Policy
Thomas Conkling
Senior Economist
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
Abi Peralta
Applied microeconomics, Public finance, Behavioral economics