Priyanka Goonetilleke
Marti Family Visiting Assistant Professor of Law

Phone
312-503-2218
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Assistant
Jane Brock
Assistant Phone
(312) 503-8544
Assistant Email
janebrock@law.northwestern.edu
Biography
Priyanka Goonetilleke is the Marti Family Fellowship Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law. He received his B.Ec. (Honors Class I and the University Medal) and LL.B. (Honors Class I) from the University of Sydney and his Ph.D. (Economics) from the University of Pennsylvania. He joined Northwestern in 2024. Prior to beginning his academic career, he worked at Goldman Sachs in their Sydney and London offices.
Areas of Expertise
- Criminal Justice
- Law and Economics
Selected Publications
- Hydra: Lessons from the World’s Largest Darknet Market, 22 Criminology & Public Policy 735 (2023) (with Alex Knorre & Artem Kuriksha).
- Police Frisks, 112 AEA Papers & Proceedings 178 (2022) (with David S. Abrams & Hanming Fang).
Education
- Ph.D, University of Pennsylvania
- LL.B, University of Sydney, Australia
- B.Ec, University of Sydney, Australia