Professor

Biology

Computer and Information Science

Co-director, Penn Center for Mathematical Biology

Office: 219 Lynch Laboratory

Research Areas

  • Mathematics and Computation
  • Evolution
  • Ecology and Biodiversity

Awards

2018: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

2015: Akira Okubo Prize of the Society for Mathematical Biology and the Japanese SMB

2009–2014: David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering

2009–2011: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship

2005–2010: Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface

Projects/Papers

Social learning with complex contagion
Institutions of public judgment established by social contract and taxation
The evolution of social behaviors and risk preferences in settings with uncertainty

Students

Postdocs:

Mari Kawakatsu

Taylor Kessinger

PhDs:

Hiroaki Chiba-Okabe

Guocheng Wang

Anhzi Sheng