David G. Rand is the Erwin H. Schell Professor and Professor of Management Science and Brain and Cognitive Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

David Rand
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCornell University
Harvard University
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology, Economics, Marketing, Mathematical Biology, Cognitive Science, Management
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisorMartin Nowak
Other academic advisorsJoshua Greene
Websitehttp://www.DaveRand.org

Biography

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Rand grew up in Ithaca, New York, where his father is a professor at Cornell University. As a teenager he was in several rock bands,[1] including solo project Robot Goes Here.

He earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell in computational biology in 2004, then worked for two years at Gene Network Sciences.[1][2] He then went to Harvard, where he earned a PhD in systems biology in 2009. After 4 years of post-doctoral studies at Harvard, in 2013 Rand began an assistant professorship at Yale University in psychology, economics, management. In 2017 he was appointed a tenure-track associate professor in psychology at Yale. In 2018 he was promoted to associate professor with tenure at Yale, and then moved to MIT as a tenured associate professor.[2]

In January 2012, Rand was named to Wired Magazine's Smart List 2012 as one of "50 people who will change the world".[3]

Publications

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b Rand, David (November 9, 2016). "The Cost of Cooperating: A Conversation With David Rand". Edge.
  2. ^ a b "David G. Rand" (PDF) (CV). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-02. Retrieved 21 May 2018.[unreliable source?]
  3. ^ "The Smart List 2012: 50 people who will change the world". Wired. 24 January 2012.
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