Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan

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Şebnem Kalemli-Ozcan is a Turkish-born American economist and the Schreiber Family Professor of Economics at Brown University. She studies international finance, economic growth, and development, and she holds several important editorial roles: she is the co-editor of the Journal of International Economics, sits on the editorial boards of the American Economic Review, and is an associate editor for the Journal of the European Economic Association and the Journal of Development Economics. She is also a research fellow at the NBER and CEPR.

Education and career highlights:
- BS from Middle East Technical University; MA and PhD from Brown University.
- Wim Duisenberg Fellow at the European Central Bank (2007–08).
- Lead Economist for the Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank (2010–11).
- Neil Moskowitz Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Maryland (2015).

Research and influence:
- Her work focuses on international finance, growth, and development, including foreign direct investment (FDI) and why capital often flows from rich to poor countries.
- A 2008 paper with Laura Alfaro and Vadym Volosovych showed that the quality of institutions helps explain capital flows.
- Her research has been cited about 12,900 times and she has been featured in major outlets such as The New York Times, The Economist, Reuters, NPR, Bloomberg, and The Washington Post.

Awards and recognition:
- Nominated Best Young Economist by the Turkish Central Bank (1999).
- Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant (2008).
- Houblon Norman Fellow at the Bank of England (2017–18).
- Listed by IDEAS as one of the 50 most cited women in economics.

Personal:
- Born in Turkey, she holds Turkish citizenship and later U.S. citizenship, and she has two children.