Physicist at a B-School
I am an associate professor of management science at the Argyros School of Business & Economics at Chapman University . While I am a theoretical physicist by training, I apply mathematical and computational tools from statistical physics to large-scale empirical and data-oriented research in computational social science, business and economics. After my Ph.D. and prior to joining the faculty at Chapman, I worked as an assistant professor at Questrom School of Business at Boston University, where I mentored
My research broadly seeks to understand the role of networks and networked system, enabled by information technology, in the diffusion of information, behaviors and dynamic processes. As the penetration of online and mobile technologies contines to advance, instant messaging, mobile phone communications, micro-blogs and online social networks are shaping how we interact with the world and each other, creating new dynamics around information and behavior. At the same time, our day-to-day activities are becom