Lara Kattan
Clinical Assistant Professor of Operations Management
Biography
Lara is a data scientist and machine learning engineer with particular interests in financial modeling and Bayesian financial statistics. At Booth, she teaches Python, SQL, and R courses.
She has previously been a consultant at McKinsey and EY, specializing in machine learning for finance. Kattan holds an MPP in public policy (econometrics concentration) from the University of Chicago, and a BA in economics and political science from Northwestern University.
2024 - 2025 Course Schedule
| Number | Course Title | Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| Data Analysis with Python and SQL | 2025 (Winter) | |
| Data Analysis with Python and SQL | 2025 (Spring) | |
| Data Analysis with R and Python | 2024 (Autumn) | |
| Data Visualization for Decision-Making | 2025 (Spring) |