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.