Victor V. Zhorin

Senior Research Associate
University of Chicago

Victor V. Zhorin began his work as a theoretical physicist and an associate professor working on developing first principles quantum-mechanics foundations for a new class of infrared laser materials with mixed type of chemical bonding. Those materials were proven to be of importance for applications in laser communication, femtosecond and microchip laser design, and in infrared countermeasures to protect aircraft against heat-seeking missiles.

He was invited by the Argonne National Laboratory (DOE) to work on estimation of long-term radiation damage effects in high-level nuclear waste forms. Research showed that self-healing processes in solid-state matrix partially offset the structural damage around radioactive centers.

Recently, he is involved in economics research to analyze the role of financial systems in developing economies by using advanced structural models of economic growth with financial sector and occupation choice.

Townsend Thai project The project brings together multiple data sources coming from one of the most detailed and longest running panel datasets in the developing world to facilitate interdisciplinary research on the microeconomic foundations of the macroeconomic development.

Second generation hierarchical applied general equilibrium models This approarch allows to overcome limitations of CGE and DSGE models to build unified macroeconomic framework with occupation choice, heterogeneous agents and multiple financial regimes or subeconomies embedded inside master market-clearing tatonnement process.

Impact of financial services in Mexico This study seeks to evaluate the impact of financial services on Mexican economy using first generation structural models of growth with occupation choice and financial intermediation.