Jacobus Cliff Diky Rijoly (Valdy) is a first-year Ph.D. student at the Martin School of Public Policy & Administration at the University of Kentucky. Prior to entering Doctoral Program at Martin School, he works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at Pattimura University, Indonesia.

Mr. Rijoly earned his bachelor's degree in Development Economics from Pattimura University and a master's degree in International Finance from Padjadjaran University. Mr. Rijoly's research interest is Policy Analysis, Fiscal/ Budgetary Policy, and Development Economics.