Leadership

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Sendhil Mullainathan

Faculty Director

Sendhil Mullainathan is the Roman Family University Professor of Computation and Behavioral Science at Chicago Booth. His current research uses machine learning to understand complex problems in human behavior, social policy, and especially medicine, where computational techniques have the potential to uncover biomedical insights from large-scale health data. 

Sendhil Mullainathan
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Emily Joy Bembeneck

Director

Emily leads operations and strategy for the Center as a whole, and also serves as Creative Lead for research communications. Previously, she was in ed-tech and digital learning, building partnerships between industry and higher education. Her background is in digital storytelling, having earned her PhD at the University of Michigan, focusing on narrative and digital media.

Emily Joy Bembeneck

Staff & Research Team

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Manaswini Aitha

Full Stack Developer

Manaswini Aitha
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Lainey Axell

User Experience Designer

Lainey Axell
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Peter Chang

Predoctoral Fellow

Peter Chang
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Laura Chen

Assistant Director, Events & Communications

Laura Chen
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Celia Cook

Data Scientist, Crime Lab Celia Cook
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Caitlin Ellithorpe

Visual Designer

Caitlin Ellithorpe

Arshia Elyaderani

Predoctoral Fellow

Arshia Elyaderani
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Nick Foster

Data Analyst, Nightingale

Nick Foster
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Luke Frymire

Predoctoral Fellow

Luke Frymire
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William Lane

Data Scientist, Nightingale

William Lane
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Josh Risley

Director of Engineering, Nightingale

Josh Risley
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James Ross

Associate Director & Lab Manager

James Ross
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Dhruv Srikanth

Research Assistant

Dhruv Srikanth
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Tarun Yadav

Predoctoral Fellow

Tarun Yadav
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Anna Zink

Principal Researcher, Health Policy

Anna Zink

Faculty Affiliates

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Jens Ludwig

Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor, UChicago Harris School of Public Policy

Jens Ludwig
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Ziad Obermeyer

Blue Cross of California Distinguished Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Berkeley School of Public Health

Ziad Obermeyer
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Jann Spiess

Assistant Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Jann Spiess

Steering Committee

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Sanjog Misra

Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing

Sanjog Misra
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Devin Pope

Steven G. Rothmeier Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics, and Robert King Steel Faculty Fellow

Devin Pope
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Dacheng Xiu

Professor of Econometrics and Statistics

Dacheng Xiu
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Veronika Rockova

Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, and James S. Kemper Foundation Faculty Scholar

Veronika Rockova
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Alex Todorov

Leon Carroll Marshall Professor of Behavioral Science and Richard Rosett Faculty Fellow

Alex Todorov

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