Resume
Academic Achievements
- His research has been published in journals like Nature and Science, and it has been featured in virtually all major global media outlets. He is a recipient of multiple awards including the AFOSR Young Investigator award, Poets & Quants Best 40 Under 40 Professors, Complex Systems Society’s Junior Scientific Award, the Erdos-Renyi Prize, Thinkers50 Radar, and more.
Research Experience
- Current positions: Kellogg Chair of Technology and a Professor at the Kellogg School of Management and McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University; Founding Director of the Northwestern Innovation Institute; Founding Co-Director of the Ryan Institute on Complexity; Founding Director of the Center for Science of Science and Innovation (CSSI); Core faculty member at the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO).
Background
- Research Interests: Science of Science and Innovation, using Big Data to understand human behavior and social networks. Professional areas include applications of complexity sciences and artificial intelligence. Background: Dashun Wang is the Kellogg Chair of Technology and a Professor at the Kellogg School of Management and McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University. At Kellogg, he is the Founding Director of the Northwestern Innovation Institute, the Founding Co-Director of the Ryan Institute on Complexity, and the Founding Director of the Center for Science of Science and Innovation (CSSI).
Miscellany
- He is looking for new PhD students through either the MORS program at Kellogg or the IEMS program at McCormick. He is also recruiting postdoc candidates.