He takes up the new post on September 1.
The government agency has selected three economics PhD candidates to join the inaugural research scheme.
Costis Daskalakis works at the interface of game theory, economics, probability theory, statistics and machine learning.
His major contributions to the field range include deepening understanding of total factor productivity and the drivers of income.
He receives the award for uncovering new ways to estimate consumer demand patterns.
Tong Liu, Lira Mota and Kerry Siani are among 9 recent hires by the business school.
Susan Athey’s research focuses on the economics of digitization and marketplace design.
Gill Wyness is the deputy director of the university’s Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities.
He joins the University of Texas at Austin as a professor of instruction.
Senior academics join the business school’s departments of marketing, finance, organizational behavior and economics.