Bryan Cutsinger, Ph.D. is the Research Park’s 2026 Distinguished Researcher. Bryan is an assistant professor of economics at Florida Atlantic, a fellow of the Phil Smith Center for Free Enterprise and a Sound Money Project fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. His work focuses on monetary theory and history and political economy. With the recent volatility in the financial markets, his analysis and ability to contextualize events has given confidence to many South Florida CEOs. His contributions to our knowledge of markets, central banks and how policy interacts with markets has been invaluable to the Research Park community.