Carlos Lamarche, Ph.D., director of graduate studies and Gatton Endowed Professor of Economics in the University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics, has been honored as a 2024-25 University Research Professor.

Lamarche studies econometrics — a combination of economics, statistics and mathematics that aims to give empirical content to economic relationships. He focuses on the development of estimation methods for a more informative and robust analysis of microeconomic data.

He also holds a joint appointment as a professor of statistics in the College of Arts and Sciences. His work since joining UK in 2012 has gained national and international recognition.

Lamarche is currently a co-editor at the Southern Economic Journal and associate editor of Empirical Economics.

Read Carlos' Q+A Session with UKPR here

Read about the award and the other 2024-2025 honorees here